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I never done this before. The eggs are in an incubator, I wanted it to be at 84-87 degrees based on the Leopard Gecko Manual. However since I wasn't expecting eggs so soon I didn't get a chance to calibrate the incubator beforehand. They've been in there going on 6 days now and it's been pretty much at 80 degrees. I wanted to incubate them at 85 degrees. At this point should I leave them at 80? Will I damage the eggs if I try to get the temperature up to 85? Also, one of the eggs caved in on one end as I picked it up and fell against the wall of the tank (dropped from 1-3 inches)as it did that it turned. I got it into the incubator and the next day it dented in. I put a little moist paper towel over it and it plumped up a bit, but now it has fuzzy/mold kinda stuff I tried to gently brush it off but it doesn't come off. Is there anything I can do about that or is that egg pretty much lost? The other one also dented in a bit and plumped up with the paper towel to its original condition. It looks fine and has no mold. How bad is this mold? Will the mold on one be bad for the one without mold? It must be too humid, but I'm not sure what to do. I can take a picure of them if needed. Thank you for any advice you can give me.

Hi, Instead of placing wet paper towels directly on the eggs, moisten the vermiculite (or whatever you are using) around the egg. The mold is a sign that the eggs might not be any good. If you can get them to plump back up, you can spray something like tough actin Tinactin on them to kill the mold, however the mold may have been caused by the wet paper towels. Lightly spray or sprinkle foot powder around the eggs with just a bit directly on them and see what happens by the next day. If they do not respond to this, then the eggs are probably not any good. Having them develop mold in just a few days doesn't sound good, it usually takes a couple of weeks. Good luck!