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My Nelson milk snake laid eggs on July 7th. I had started with 7 and two got very small and yellow. Five are still firm and the same size as when they were laid. I see on various posts people talk about them getting bigger.... mine are not... are they not fertile?

Make sure the eggs’ surfaces are moist so they can expend easily. Some time I spray too much water on the eggs, they do absorb the water and grow a lot bigger.

If you hold the eggs over a lamp in a dark room, you can see the blood veins on the inside surface of the eggs. That mean they are still alive.