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Well I candled them last night and They are mainly yellow but on each egg on the top of them (when the egg is laying down this area is the top part) there is a big red spot on each egg. I don't know if that is an embryo, I looked for veins but the egss are covered in dirt so it was kind of hard to see, but the big red spots were consistant on each egg.

That red mark you see is what you look for in a fertile egg. That is the "Bullseye". Are you 100% sure you don't have a male in the mix? If it is truly going to produce a hatchling, you will see the red spread over time, check it again in about a week. What kind of dirt did she lay it in that is covering it? I use bed a beast in my lay boxes this year and it does take longer to see the veins or movement from when I used moss. Hoever I've found that the bed a beast keeps them from sticking to each other or the bottom of the lay box.
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6.16.1 Leos
1.0 Peach Fronted Conure
0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders
1.0 Pembroke Corgi
0.2 Cats
8 fish

I have a bag of vermiculite that and I put some in the bottom of a container and put the eggs in there. I've checked my leo's several times and still can't find the male. I've seen males before and they are relatively easy to spot but I can't figure out which one of mine is that male. That's good to know that the eggs are fetile though.

Just remember that just because they have the bullseye and are fertile, doesn't mean they will hatch for you. Make sure the temps are right and the vermiculite is moist only to the point that when you squeeze it in a ball no more water comes out. Don't let the temps change keep it constant.

Also make a lay box for the females to lay eggs in, for when the next clutch comes. Sometimes if they do not have a good place to lay they will absorb the eggs or become egg bound.

How long have you had the female that laid the eggs?
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6.16.1 Leos
1.0 Peach Fronted Conure
0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders
1.0 Pembroke Corgi
0.2 Cats
8 fish

The particular leo that laid the eggs I've had for proabby 18 months. The first leo i got about 2 years ago and the last one I go was probably a year ago and the female was somewhere in the middle so it's been a pretty decent amount of time that I've had them all. Yeah, tonight I'll set up a lay box for her incase she has any more clutches this season and I'll be better prepared and know what to do as this one really caught me off guard.

If you can't visibly ID him you need to listen for him. A male will vibrate his tail really rapidly and when he hits something like a hide box or the side of the cage you can hear it.

wow, I never heard of that before, that's good to know...although I do remember when my geckos where babies they would shake their tales right before they grabbed their crickets. It was really cute.