Infertile eggs?

[desertgecko]

I got my first eggs of the season this morning but I think they are infertile They are still squishy and soft and havent hardened at all. I found them about 12 hours ago. How long after laying does it take them to harden up? I wouldn't have thought it would be this long. Could it be I didn't supply enough calcium? I dust every feeding and have a dish 24/7. They will stay in the incubator anyway, just incase.

 

[johnnyboy4783]

Give them a week and candle them. My first clutch was the same way n they are just fine ugly little eggs but fertile.

 

[desertgecko]

Thanks, theres hope for them yet then. Did yours hatch btw? When I bought the female I was told she had bred well last season so I'm a little confused as to why they may be dud eggs. Of course I have no proof she has bred before. My other female thats due to lay soon is her first season so I wouldn't be surprised if some of hers are infertile. I'll kinda gutted if they are dud as my 2 girls were kept with a nice blazing blizzard before I bought them So theres a good chance the eggs are his and not my male!!

 

[eyelids]

The general rule is to incubate them regardless until they hatch or are definitely bad i.e. molded beyond belief or totally collapsed... I as well as many others have hatched healthy babies from eggs that most people would throw away...

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

1st clutches are often infertile, most likely nothing you did wrong, just the way it is, but as mentioned incubate anyway just in case, you never know!

 

[dprince]

I've actually had very few first clutches that were infertile, but maybe I just got lucky.