Just for kicks I picked up a bag of Hatch Rite. Ive heard good and bad things about it. Just felt like giving it a go.

I got 4 perfect leopard geckos in there sitting on 2" of Hatch Rite. Gonna see how they do.

Yeah, I know..water and perlite...just wanted to goof around a little.

A few years ago, they gave free bags of Hatchrite at Tinley. I took it home, and it worked great on my leo eggs. I did add a couple tablespoons of water towards the end of the incubation. Only problem is the expense, in my view.

Always did wonderful for me with geckos, snakes not so much....loved the ease of use just not the price.

Good luck!

Worked great with the tricolors...just to expensive.

A friend of mine tried it with some ball eggs with no problems, but neither me or him tried it on leopard gecko eggs. I hope everything goes well through incubation.

Good luck bro. And of course we will be expecting a full scientific report on it..... :)

I used it for some mountain horned dragons but had to add water towards the end also.

let us eknow how it works

let us eknow how it works

I shall.

Ive read several accounts where folks had to add a little water towards the end. Ill keep my eye out for that.

Dont think Ill be using this stuff full time. Its just too cost effective to use perlite and water. But goodness gracious it sure is convenient :D

Heard about some people loosing there clutches cause of that stuff.... Keep an eye on your clutch.

It will dry out, otherwise it works. Just too expensive.

I just lost two eggs to perlite. My incubator may be to tall for it? I'm going to try it in Tupperware next time.

You mean you put the perilite straight in the inc with no container??

You mean you put the perilite straight in the inc with no container??

It was about 16 x 16 x 16 styrofoam and airtight. So I put 2 inches of properly mixed perlite on the bottom. I tested it empty for a few days and the humidity was 85 and the temp was steady. So I put a couple leopard gecko eggs in. They dried inspite of the humidity.

I have seen another person use this and it was just fine with vermiculite. opens more space and has a window so you don't have to open it to check for hatched leos.

I always use containers. More control that way.

A few years ago, I setup a bunch of eggs (crested geckos) using vermiculite, perlite, Hatch Rite, sphagnum moss, and Aquatic Pond Soil (I sell it as SHM- but not the point).
Just a note that I had used all products before the test so I had experience with how much water to use for each (other than HR of course).
Here were my findings-
Vermiculite, perlite, sphagnum moss, and SHM all performed about the same (SHM best, perlite and vermiculite just behind and sphagnum moss just behind the other three).
HR was a distant last.
I found the moss the hardest to get just right with moisture.
The SHM is by far the easiest to use as you can easily tell when it is too dry (pour the water in, let it sit for 2 minutes, pour all the water out) but for the duration of the incubation, never had to even check.
I have since used SHM for leos and other geckos and find exactly the same results as with the crested geckos.

BTW- I too had to add a bit of water to the HR.