first egg that looks promising...

[OSUgecko]

Hey guys,

I'm curious as to how you tell for sure that an egg is fertile. I found an egg in my gecko's humid hide two days ago and put it in my hovabator at 78-80 F. It is plump and white and around 1 inch long. I think I might have seen the "bullseye" when I tried to candle it earlier tonight. However, some posts that I read talked about seeing "veins" on the egg? Should there be veins visible without candling the eggs? My egg looks just white from the outside. It also has a slight bulge outward on the side facing the vermiculite (I have the correct ratio of water to vermiculite).

What do you guys think? Is it fertile? What could be causing the outward "bulge"? Should I dry out the media a bit more?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

When you candle it you'll see veins, with it increasing as it goes, or so I've heard, never actually had any eggs lol XD

Also if it's harder than it is soft than you most likely have a fetile egg but if it's soft, most likely not.

If it candles yellow and not pink (I could be wrong don't go by this yet) then it's infetile and visa versa

 

[hoppslover]

Good luck with your egg.

 

[rubym]

Our fertile ones looked nice and white and plump. I always saw the bulls eye but had trouble seeing the veins in several of them. I would suggest incubating until it goes flat or you are possitive that it's infertile. Good luck.

 

[fallen_angel]

It takes a few days for the veins to show up, sometimes even a week. I usually just candle eggs after day 1 or two (because it takes a few days for the bullseye to be visible as well), then candle a second time around two weeks. By then, there is no mistaking the veins and it will glow pink if it is fertile. A little side note, fertile eggs will glow yellow on the very first day before the bullseye really develops, so candling on the very first day isn't necessarily worth-while.