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Egg Issue

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Ok, Xavier could tell me what was going on so he said someone here might

I have an egg that's on day 31, for about a week or so, it has been developing a spot where the shell seems thinner. Now I know it's a viable egg, at the spot I can see the baby move all over, I'm just concerned. Did mommy just not have enough calcium or does the leo absorb the calcium as it grows????

I'm hoping that someone in here has seen this
 
Your female needs to be supplemented better especially if she is a breeding female.... A developing leo will not absorb enough cal to make the egg transparent.... You need to give your female more calcium.... Good luck....
 
she gets plenty at all times, plus the dish in her tank, it's without D3, maybe I should mix in a bit with D3, her food is always dusted with calcium
 
no this one's been nice and plump from day 1, the one that dented, I put more water in the vermiculite and it filled right back out
 
The reason I asked, is sometimes when you put a moist paper towel on top of them to help them plump up the shell will become see through, like a piece of paper when wet, but when the paper towel is removed the shell dries and you can't see through it any more.
 
ohhh, well this cup is very moist, but the other egg is fine, it also has 2 holes in the lid, so there's no danger of being overly moist
 
When you took the egg out of the container after the female laid it, was it stuck to the bottom or anything like that, that would make you have to pull it off and maybe part of the shell was left there?
 
I am still going with a supplement issue..... You say she gets plenty, but in your first post you asked if she is not getting enough..... Are you looking for a real answer to your problem or are you just telling the people on the forum your problem????

If you are supplementing her diet correctly, for some reason she is not absorbing the nutriance..... In either case, I think you might need to take a step back and re-evaluate your husbandry....

I can not think of any other reason for there being a lack of calcium in the egg shell other than the female not getting enough calcium from her diet,,,,,
 
Gregg M said:
I am still going with a supplement issue..... You say she gets plenty, but in your first post you asked if she is not getting enough..... Are you looking for a real answer to your problem or are you just telling the people on the forum your problem????

If you are supplementing her diet correctly, for some reason she is not absorbing the nutriance..... In either case, I think you might need to take a step back and re-evaluate your husbandry....

I can not think of any other reason for there being a lack of calcium in the egg shell other than the female not getting enough calcium from her diet,,,,,
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I spoke with Tonya about this and she wasn't aware that she should be providing Calcium with Vitamin D3. It may have been provided with more than enough caclium but wasn't able to synthisise enough due the the lack of Vit. D3.
 
I'm not questioning that, the egg was a good solid white when it was laid 32 days ago. Just recently it has formed this translucent spot, not when it was laid. I'm concerned that there may be something wrong. I'm trying to see if this issue has occured for anyone else, or if anyone knows why it might have happened
 
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