Gelled Bad Egg

[ajveachster]

I'm talking about cutting open eggs here, so some people may find it gross. Wondering if anyone else has ever seen this. We had an egg that was fertile, but failed to hatch. When we cut it open the interior was firm like gelatin with some faint pink veins on the very outside edges. We had never had an egg like this before. Usually the ones that don't make it either have a partially formed animal that died, or don't get beyond the bulls-eye stage of vein development, and are fluid inside. Sorry I don't have a pic as the camera was not handy. It seriously looked like that gel they use for ballistics tests.

 

[KelliH]

Yep, I've seen all kinds of weird gooky stuff inside, and I've seen what you are talking about with the veins. I always cut open eggs that don't hatch, and I've seen some interesting stuff inside. Not long ago I cut open an egg that had twin embryos that had stopped developing and died.

 

[Neill]

one we opened was a full formed gecko but its stomach contents where outside it didn't quite form a belly around everything yet. That was when we where having issues with temp control and the SIM containers before modified lids.

 

[roger]

I'm talking about cutting open eggs here, so some people may find it gross. Wondering if anyone else has ever seen this. We had an egg that was fertile, but failed to hatch. When we cut it open the interior was firm like gelatin with some faint pink veins on the very outside edges. We had never had an egg like this before. Usually the ones that don't make it either have a partially formed animal that died, or don't get beyond the bulls-eye stage of vein development, and are fluid inside. Sorry I don't have a pic as the camera was not handy. It seriously looked like that gel they use for ballistics tests.

I had 2 babies dead in the egg with my first clutch.Not the best start