fallen_angel
Fallen Angel's Geckos
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We have two eggs that have been incubating at 84-86 degrees and are on day 38 today, so we expect them to hatch within a week or so. Normally I candle eggs when they are a week old or so to make sure they are fertile, but apparently I never candled these two. The shells are perfect - white, no discoloration, no denting, no sweating, no smelling - perfect.
The problem is, I went to candle them today and came to find that they both candle yellow...? Of course, all the excitement of more babies this week is now gone.. I have heard of this happening to a few others (having eggs that candle yellow for a very long time), but I am not sure what to do. One egg has nothing that I can see inside of it at all; it just glows yellow everywhere. The other seems to have a little pink dot inside (like a fertile egg would look at 1-2 days old).. but this just bewilders me because they are nearly 40 days old!! I really don't see how anything could develop in them since it's been so long and I know that many people don't toss eggs until they smell.. But what do you guys think about this? Should I keep them?
Also, this is the 4th clutch (out of 5). I have read something about a "dump clutch" where the eggs are more likely to be infertile because it's the last reminants of the sperm..or something? Would this explain why we have eggs that look viable, but are actually empty inside?
Thanks
The problem is, I went to candle them today and came to find that they both candle yellow...? Of course, all the excitement of more babies this week is now gone.. I have heard of this happening to a few others (having eggs that candle yellow for a very long time), but I am not sure what to do. One egg has nothing that I can see inside of it at all; it just glows yellow everywhere. The other seems to have a little pink dot inside (like a fertile egg would look at 1-2 days old).. but this just bewilders me because they are nearly 40 days old!! I really don't see how anything could develop in them since it's been so long and I know that many people don't toss eggs until they smell.. But what do you guys think about this? Should I keep them?
Also, this is the 4th clutch (out of 5). I have read something about a "dump clutch" where the eggs are more likely to be infertile because it's the last reminants of the sperm..or something? Would this explain why we have eggs that look viable, but are actually empty inside?
Thanks
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