Most of those don't look too good, but there are a few that could possibly go. If you don't have a way to illuminate the interior, or candle them, definitely wait them out in the incubator. I can't quite read, but also curious as to your incubation temp.



Not that this is happening in your case, but it does remind me of other rare cases. Some smaller adult females have been known to lay under-size eggs that are fertile. This appears genetic in that these particular females always produce entire clutches of these smaller eggs. Typically, these smaller females lay three-quarter normal size eggs that are mostly viable. In one extreme example back in the late 1980's, I had a 10 foot, 8 year old female that was given to me as a rescue. She was in excellent health and weight and I bred her the next year. She produced an incredible 42 eggs that were all nice and white and exactly the same size, at about two-thirds normal size. I immediately assumed they were all infertile and extracted one from her coils and opened it. To my surprise it contained a viable embryo. I let her maternally incubate the rest of the clutch and all hatched except two infertile ones. While this was definitely a very unusual case, in goes to show the extreme possibilities inherent with these animals. Good luck and let us know how it goes.



Kelly

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