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My collared had her eggs 4/11/07. Do the eggs in the photos look good to you? If they were not fertile would they have started to collapse by now? The discolored egg in the photo is the egg that she laid in the water dish. It could have only been in there 20-30 minutes max but you can definetely see the difference. I hope I have atleast one fertile egg in the bunch. I have been afraid to wipe the sand off the eggs in case I did damage to them. Thanks for the help and opinions.

Kathy

They look good to me
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1.1 Desert Iguana(Dima, Dianne)
0.1.1 Chuckwalla (roxy,Little Chuckie)
2.4 Collared Lizard (Fred, Barny, Wilma, Betty, Pebbles and ?
1.1 Desert Leopard Lizard (Simba, Kimba)
0.1 AZ. MTN. Kingsnake (Nimo)
0.1 Hamster (Tofu)
1.1 Kids
0.1 Wife

They appear to look good in the pic, Kathy!

Don't worry about the funky orangey /brown color on the one, as long as it is firm and full. Many times the eggs will get brownish orangey if the substrate is too wet. But they can go on and hatch just fine. Sometimes the best looking white eggs don't make it, and the funky weird colored ones do, ya just never know.
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PHEve / Eve

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I read up about this when I had the same concerns with mine.......apparently it is often a simple case of the eggs being laid with a protective coating, and the latter ones laid, (sometimes all) arent coated as well, so they absorb more water, which is stained by the vermiculite, resulting in a brown egg. If it was laid in the water then maybe some of that coating was washed off?

I also read that the embryo doesnt attach in the egg for several hours after being laid, and so even if it was in the water, as long as you caught it in time it will have settled with the air bubble at the top and the embro will be just fine

I dont know how much truth is in this, I found it on a page re bearded dragons a week or so ago, but it really put my mind at rest after one of Elvis's eggs literally bounced off a rock

I candled it yesterday and it has some nice fat veins inside so I assume it is ok. As for the sand, I wouldnt remove it, incase it is firmly fixed and damages the egg
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Kel

www.collaredlizards.co.uk
0:0:1 Timor Monitor
2:3:0 Collared Lizards
0:0:2 Chinese Water Dragons
0:0:1 Dune Scorpion
0:0:1 Imperial Scorpion
1:0:0 Desert Hairy Scorpion
0:0:1 Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
0:0:1 Green Tree Frog
0:0:1 Grey Tree Frog

Thanks for everyones help and advice. Last year I did not have an incubator so I lost all of the eggs. I'm hoping to save the little guys this year. I'll feel so much better when/if they hatch. Keep your fingers crossed and thanks for holding my hand during this nerve wracking process

Kathy

I also think that the eggs looks fine
your always never know for sure

good luck with the baby liards in a while

greetings, arjan from holland

One of these days I need to visit Holland. My maiden name is Van Antwerp