egg not hatched after sweating 1.5 days ago

[CJMcMichen]

I have a leopard gecko egg which has been incubating for about 70 days and then started sweating yesterday. It has stopped sweating and lost volume but hasnt hatched yet. It was always a large egg, about 1.5 times the size of a normal egg. When candled since it stopped sweating, it was still pink and there is definately a body in there. The outside of the body looks somewhat deflated now. Is this normal? I'm wondering what I should do? Should the egg have already hatched?

 

[BalloonzForU]

70 days? At what temp? And are we talking about a Leo egg?

 

[Baoh]

I'd open it, but it's probably too late.

 

[CJMcMichen]

70 days? At what temp? And are we talking about a Leo egg?

At a temp between 78 and 86. Yes it is a leo egg.

 

[CJMcMichen]

when I said outside of the body looks somewhat deflated, I meant the outside of the egg looks somewhat deflated.

 

[RampantReptiles]

eggs will usually deflate when they are getting ready to hatch.
but considering its been incubating for so long it could be dead. Does it smell at all? Any yellowing or strange colors?
Also between 78-86 is too much of a broad range. You dont want the temperature of the egg to vary anymore than 2 degrees.

 

[Daidra]

sounds like the baby died from the temps not being consistent,when a egg starts to sweat and hasn't hatched for over a day then my guest would be that the little one has died.sorry and good luck.

 

[CJMcMichen]

the egg is mostly at 80, on rare occasion it varies and it doesn't smell and is still pink inside. I've had 4 others already hatch under the same conditions, and they were very hearty little leos. One suspicion i had was that the mother went through an unusually long period of not eating on this clutch (pair) and the shell has always seemed a bit thin in comparison to the other 13 eggs this season.

 

[BalloonzForU]

Leo eggs should incubate at a constant temp with a 1+/- degree change at the most, or could cause serious issues and even death of the embryo.

I'm leaning towards the baby has already died at this point. The egg doesn't have to smell as of yet. I've had eggs go bad and never really smell more than something like the smell of potting soil. The egg can also still glow pink for sometime even after a baby dying inside. I really hope we are wrong and the baby decides to pop out for you alive and well.

 

[Gregg M]

Sorry dude, those eggs are history... They were most likely killed early on in the incubation with those temp fluctuations...

There is no reason why leo eggs should go all the way to "day 70"... If they are "pink" at this point, they are certainly not developing...

So, how are you incubating your eggs???

 

[CJMcMichen]

Is it a good chance that all the eggs may not make it after using this setup if having had 4 out of the 14 hatch already? It is not the typical incubation setup but it has worked for the other babies. They are under the tank were the female stays. It is a wood stand that has a door in the front to store things under it. I have a thermometer displayed on the outside with the probe running down into the plastic conatiner the eggs stay in. It is near the tanks heat source. The temp is not as stable as it should be based on the replies. This is my first time breeding, and in researching i havent come across anything that has stressed the stabilityof the temp so far so i went ahead and ordered a hovabator incubator (1602-N) is this a good choice? It should be here within a week. I am going to do whatever i need to to ensure the other eggs make it.

 

[Khrysty]

Is it a good chance that all the eggs may not make it after using this setup if having had 4 out of the 14 hatch already? It is not the typical incubation setup but it has worked for the other babies. They are under the tank were the female stays. It is a wood stand that has a door in the front to store things under it. I have a thermometer displayed on the outside with the probe running down into the plastic conatiner the eggs stay in. It is near the tanks heat source. The temp is not as stable as it should be based on the replies. This is my first time breeding, and in researching i havent come across anything that has stressed the stabilityof the temp so far so i went ahead and ordered a hovabator incubator (1602-N) is this a good choice? It should be here within a week. I am going to do whatever i need to to ensure the other eggs make it.

Try not to change their temps too drastically. When the hova arrives, bring it up to temp before you switch the eggs over. They should be ok, I think, if 4 have hatched already.

 

[stewy84]

I dont know if I buy into the temp flucuation thing causing probs. Ive had 2 hovas for 3 years and set one at 82 and another at 88. You would thing so, one for males and one for females but no, 82 for 3 weeks and then straight to the 88 to hatch. It brightend them up and they also hatch sooner. The sex of the offspring is set in about 21 days so 3 weeks at 82 will set the sex as female. Like you said 4 already hatched with that much of a fluctuation and there are alot of other thing that could have went wrong that you need to consider, like maybe the egg should have been piped, maybe some kinda deformity, who really knows. And yes someone will say that the deformity may have been caused from the temp fluctuation, but ive never read any scientific info proving it. Just my opinion, check out trempers effects of temp.

 

[CJMcMichen]

Thanks for all the responses guys. I appreciate that advice and opinions im just going to make sure i watch the temp closley (steady temp) until the incubator shows up. I'v already sold the first four they were healthy and ate ALOT. I plan on keeping at least two of the ones to come, given they are females.