Question about my eggs....

[attrius1]

I got up this morning and found my leos 2nd clutch. First was definetly infertile and she is a first time breeder. This is my first time breeding geckos so im kinda new. When I found them they were firm but had a few dents in them. I put them in my incubator for a couple hours and went to look at them and they werent so firm anymore. I tried candleing them and they were completely yellow except for a red ring on the top. Does the ring mean that its fertile? Thanks for any replies.

 

[DiabloBoa]

ive seen the red ring and they were fertile and have hatched since

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

The veins should mean they are fertile and she may have laid one sooner than the other allowing one to be more firm.

If the humidity in the incubator is too high they can get "less firm" not unfirm but do have a different texture.

Even if I know the egg is infertile I incubate it just in case that 1 in 1 million chance that it may could hatch lol

Check the humidty and make sure its Ok and the wetness of the incubation medium. If its too wet, take the lid off the egg container and check the eggs in a few hours and see if they firm up.

 

[attrius1]

all right ill check the humidy. Im using perlite and it doesnt seem wet. Is 80% good for the humidity?

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

80% is good, and I use perlite too, mixed 1 to 1 with water by weight and I have 2 pin holes in 2 corners of the lid on the container, if you use no holes like the albeys method you mix it 1 perlite to .8 water (http://www.albeysreptiles.com/incubate-eggs.htm)

Give them some time and candle them again, here is a good site for candeling and development:
http://www.cybergecko.org/leogeckoeggs.htm

Hope that helps some!

 

[attrius1]

all right so the humidy is at about 86% now so ill just wait a few days and hopefully ill have my first fertile eggs!Thanks a lot for the info.