Hey everyone, Im new to the leo forum (though I don't really post a lot in the kindsnake forums in general). Anyway my female leopard gecko laid two eggs. I know theyre fertile because I saw veins in both when I candled them. One went bad (its saggy, has dark patches, etc) and the other I'm not so sure. Its swollen now compared to how it was before still shows the veins when candled. The eggs were laid at the start of october. I see an orange-ish mass on the bottom of the egg when I candle it, which leads me to think that the embryo may have died and sunk to the bottom. I have the egg in a small rubbermaid conatiner with moistened perlite and its always at 79 to 81 deg. Itd be greatly appreciated if anybody can let me know what they think is going on with the remaining egg. sorry for the long post but i wanted to provide as much information as possible.
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has my remaining leo egg gone bad?
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Sounds good to me. I've seen them settle like that at the bottom of the egg too and still hatch. However your temps are real low, borderline fatel temps. Since you are going for females at this temp why not incubate at 82 to be a little safer and you'll hatch out a stronger hatchling. The lower the temps the weaker they tend to be. After the egg is about 3 weeks you can raise the temp a degree or two over a few days. I don't usually recommend this method, but at the temp you have now it can only help.
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