Ok, I checked them again and the exposed tops of the eggs are really dry and leathery. The underside is soft and pliable. The one baby inside is just about filling the entire egg now but I am not comfortable with the conditon of the eggs. I tried posting over in the sand boa forum but it really didn't help me too much. Some of them said that this was normal but I feel as though it is too soon for the eggs to be so dried up. I can still see blood vessels which I'm guessing is a good sign and I can make out the pattern on the one larger baby. I might just be jumping the gun but a loss is a loss and I would hate to see something happen to these guys so close to hatching time. We just lost a gorgeous yellow pastel transluscent female bearded dragon because we bred her, not knowing it was her first time, and she was 5 years old and after laying a bunch of bad eggs, she died the next day from the stress. Not one time did I ever read about when it was too late to breed, only what the minimum age or size was. Needless to say, we were devastated and on top of our emotional loss, she was $400 dragon.

I added a little more water to the vermiculite and used a q-tip to swab some water on the really dried parts of the eggs. I DID NOT SOAK THE EGGS OR SPRAY THEM, I was very delicate in the way I did it. I just wanted to try to slow the drying out down a little because if they can hold out for another week, they will hatch out. This is so nervewracking. I'm glad I have all of you to lend your advice though.

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