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Hello all. alright here are my questions,i know that eggs die when they are over turn. does it means that by over turning the female means killing the eggs? ok heres the second question, after the female digs a hole and lays the egg in it, how does she keeps the egg still without overturning it while putting soil back to cover it? i saw my leopard gecko layed 2 eggs yesterday on the bottom surface of the laying box(she dug all the way till the bottom). after shes done, i took the laying box out to take out the eggs. the eggs were found in a different area of the box where i last saw them, one of them was found in a 45 degree manner, does this means the female had accidentally killed the eggs while burying them or something? i hope i made myself clear. sorry for my bad english~

In truth I've got no experience with lizard eggs yet, but with snakes it's the same way. They shouldn't be turned once they're layed. The reason being, the embryo attaches itself to the egg and once this happens, if turned, it will die. There is, however, a window of time that they can be moved without harm coming to the little one inside. You've got a coupe of hours at least. Any moving should be done well within that time span.JMO

Quig

They can be turned when first laid without any danger. However after a few hours turning the eggs can kill the developing embryo.

When females lay their eggs a lot of them will actually turn them with their feet to position them. But when you move them to an incubator keep them in the position you found them, right side up.

well every animal is differant and i have seen no experiments with leo eggs but i know for a fact that you CAN roll and move snake eggs with out killing them. henry dean did experiments and i myself had an accident as well as others with turning eggs.(whole incubator got flipped over by my mother 1 month into incubation all hatched) they will be fine from the turning.if eggs were so delicate in the wild none would ever survive. for example in the wild temps never stay the same nor does humidity so the theory behind having an incubator is to just make our lives easier and to CONTROL the variables. in the wild another animalmight find the nest and eat only one egg but by doing so disturbs the other DOES it die? nope. or what if an animal walks through the nest.
all in all just to be careful and to control the variables dont move it more than needed(dont play hacky sack with it lol) and use an incubator to predict if the sex of the animal but definetly dont stress about it at all they will be ok as lond as they were ok before.....
adam
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