Dead hatchling

[thaveteran]

This morning I checked the incubator and found a very small hatchling. Then a few hours later I checked again for its clutch mate. When I looked in the incubator I saw it had made it completely out of the egg but was just lying there not moving.

Has this happened to anyone? What could've caused this?

** For the record the previous clutch hatched out with no problem. I did however mark this clutch as having a questionable egg. I don't remember what I saw as a potential problem when it was laid but most likely it wasn't as firm as I like to see.

 

[okapi]

I had a blizzard het albino hatch out and die as soon as it got out of the egg. It hatched while I was at work for 7 hours (I check before I leave and after I get back). But I have no clue what caused it. Its clutchmate hatched like a day later and is as healthy as can be. She is even a hold back because she is a female blazing.

 

[GeckoGuru]

I had a female stripe amel. fattail start to hatch, she got her head out, but when I checked later, she was dead. I guess these things just happen occasionally, it is sad though.

 

[GeckoStud]

I had a leo come completely out of the egg, however when I checked the incubator and found her she was dead... she was a week premature of her estimated hatching date so that may have had something to do with it. But it's still sad...

 

[Mel&Keith]

We had one go full term and still die right after hatching. It had absorbed all of the yoke and probably weighed about 3g. I don't know why some of them just don't make it. Just part of nature I guess...