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I have 12 leo's (10 females and 2 males) that have recently been breeding. I was skimming through their substrate and I found 2 eggs. But what I noticed that the eggs were not hard like a shell, it was rubbery and soft. I put the eggs in an incubator to see if maybe with the humidity they would plump back up. Well that was 3 days ago and still no plumping up.

Is the egg bad??? There are no signs of mold or anything

Could the egg still be good and not have a hard shell???

I appreciate any suggestions.

cresty

easiest way to figure out if they're good or not is to candle them and look for the veins. a dead egg won't have a blood flow or atleast thats my understanding. my leopards just laid 2 days ago and the eggs are leathery, i candled em and all looks well thus far.

Even good eggs aren't as hard as a chicken egg. However, they should feel pretty firm. If they are yellow and feel like a water balloon, then they are most likely bad. You can stick them in the incubator for a week, then candle them. If they have a bit of pink veining, they are good, if they glow yellow still, they're bad. If the added humidity in the incubator didn't plump them back up, they're most likely bad.
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real soft usually means infertile.
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