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If you just leave them alone you can tell in a few days weather or not the are good. Isn't it better to just not mess with them. Moving the eggs and the heat from the light you use are probably more to blame for mishaps than the gradual temperature fluctuations from your incubators. Is there really any reason to candle eggs? or are people just impatient?

Why do i candle my eggs? I had an egg that was attached to another egg that was no good (i found out from candeling) yet looked like a fertile egg through out the entire incubating period. I candle my eggs while they are laying in the vermiculite so there are no chances of dropping or tweaking them. I also use an LED light which gives off no heat therefore the eggs are not put in danger. Am i impatient? No. I just pay attention to detail.

Where these gecko eggs? I have never had leopard gecko eggs attached to each other. Also do you remove the bad eggs? Even though they won't bother the other eggs if nothing appears wrong with them. By that I mean if they are not molding or rotting why mess with them if they are attached? Not trying to say what you do is wrong. I just think candling is unnecassary and I want to understand how others do things as I just go by trial and error and learn as I go.

Yes, they were gecko eggs. It is not uncommon for this to happen. If one is good and one is bad i leave it attached. None of my bad eggs have ever turned moldy so there is no apparent risk. Removing them from eachother is however risky. You run the chance of tearing the good egg.

I have never had a reason to candle an egg.... Either its going to hatch or its not going to hatch.... Every egg lated goes into yhe incubator no matter what it looks like... I have gotten neonates from eggs that some people would throw away...