"The temp in the middle of the cage is 85 but she laid right under the light is that bad?"



Not necessarily, she chose to lay them there for a reason. Whether it's bad or not is really going to depend on you from here on out. It can make it harder to maintain high humidity, though. If the light is a typical white light and shines directly on the eggs I personally think it would be good to move it just slightly to one side or another.



If you don't have a thermostat regulating the heat source now's a good time to get one. Preferrably one of the more expensive proportional ones but a $25 on/off thermostat beats the heck out of nothing. I'd keep the the ambient temperature where she's at around 87 -88. Some may feel this is too high & they may be right, but my philosophy is that she laid them there for a reason, knowing what the temps were already.



My female laid her clutch directly under the ceramic heat emitter last year and the ambient temp there was 91 but this year she laid them closer to the cool end, with an ambient temp of aprox 85.



As for the questionable eggs, you'll have to pull them once you know for sure they're bad, unless you can handle the smell. You'll know when it's time to pull 'em.



As for one being gray, there are some that have lots of silver/gray on the lower parts of their side. I've seen a few with a lot of bright silver that was quite appealing. Can you post a photo?



Catch ya later!

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