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my gecko laid eggs and the pink spot was at the bottom so i turn them over so the pink spot will be at the top was that the right thing to do

generally its not a good idea to move reptile eggs around from their original positon. unlike bird eggs, reptile eggs do not like to be rotated, rolled or touched...it can actually be detrimental to the eggs. since you've already moved them i'd leave them be and hopefully everything will be well. if your worried and want to try moving them back into their original position, then do it VERY SLOWLY and delicately.

good luck!

If you already rolled them don't do it again. When the eggs are laid there is no "right side up". A short time after laying, 24 hours or so, the embryo implants to the egg. This is done in relation to the positioning of the egg, maybe cued by gravity. If the eggs are turned after this then they will die in the egg during development.

Hopefully the inital turn was early enough to not cause damage, but whatever you do don't turn it again!! Even a slow careful turn results in an upside down egg.

well i think one of the eggs made it cause it has a peanut lookin thing in the middle of the pink circle and the other one dont its just pink a circle would you know if thats fertile

According to "The Herpetoculture of Leopard Geckos" eggs can be rolled until 2 weeks after they are laid! I would still be careful with them; we're extra careful with ours. Here's a quote from the book previously mentioned on dropping/rolling eggs:

"You can handle newly laid eggs without concern about rotation issues from the first two weeks. A good egg is very resilient. More than once RT (Ron Tremper) has played hacky sack with dropped eggs or outright bounced them off the floor causing no harmful effects." (T.H.o L.G. pg 117, last paragraph) -Ron Tremper

Good Luck!