very soft eggs?? pics inside

[im faster]

my leos eggs..

one is super soft everywhere

the other is soft over 3/4 and h 1/4 is pretty hard.. (egg on right hard spot is the top near the the bottom of the pic where you can see 2 sharpie marks)

eggs were laid 2 days old

are they bad?

 

[GeckoGal]

Yep. The yellow color also gives it away. a healthy egg has a light pink glow.

 

[Keith N]

no good.

 

[im faster]

both? like 100%

or is it worth a shot to try?

and why did this happen?

 

[Keith N]

You can always try, but they will probably start to rot. Is the female a first time layer?

 

[robin]

was the female ovulating when you bred her?

 

[im faster]

i dunno and the previous owner said she was bred before.. she had these eggs in the oven when i got her..

 

[robin]

those eggs look bad in my opinion.

 

[Khrysty]

Yeah, those aren't good eggs. It's possible they just weren't fertile to begin with. It wasn't your fault, though. If you really want eggs from her, find a male and breed her again. She should lay fertile ones after that

 

[im faster]

UPDATE!!!!!

one egg got moldy i tossed it.. the other is just yellow.. my gf doesnt want me to toss it yet.. just incase...

HOWEVER SHE JUST LAID A NOTHER CLUTCH

perfect white..

but still the same softness so that must be normal.. she laid within a few hours ago.. im doing the "cjeap incubator"

perlite in a plastic cup with a lid.. inside the cage.. the cage stays 79-89 degrees always.. so do you think this will be ok?

heck if they survive in the wild i think this would be fine.. ill take some pics soon

 

[robin]

well, either they are infertile OR you need to add more calcium to your females diet.

 

[Keith N]

Nothing wrong with that type of incubator heck I just switched to a hova not that long ago from the 10 gal incubator. If you are going to breed larger quantity then I would suggest going bigger in incubator size

 

[robin]

i used hovabators for years with great success. make sure and use some sorts of deli cup or rubbermaid containers and use a substrata. i prefer vermiculite however some people use perlite, coco fiber and other incubation medium.

 

[im faster]

ive read high success with both vermiculite and perlite.. perlite was the onlything i could find around here..

as for the soft eggs...

im saying there soft in like compairson to a chicken egg.. is this normal?

 

[im faster]

everything she eats is dusted with calcium powder

 

[robin]

do you leave a bowl of calcium power in there with her at all times?

ok reptiles eggs are not hard like a chicken egg. they have a leathery outside but should be firm, not squishy.

imagine a full water balloon versus one that has water in it with not so much air so its squishy.

 

[im faster]

 

[Keith N]

They look like good eggs to me, the one on the bottom looks a little yellow but it could be the light

 

[robin]

did you use the correct water to perlite ratio?

 

[im faster]

yeah i used the right ratio.. the other one is nice and white.. just the lighting..