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I found the eggs on 5/13, they COULD have been layed a few days begore though!

Well now they are collapsing (started 2 days ago one at a time) and the temp is 89.3 on average and the humidity is a constant 95*. Has been since day one.

Do you think that they could be coming this early?
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Chad Ramsey
onetonyj@yahoo.com

It is normal for them to start dimpling at this stage. They still have a while to go before they will start pipping though.
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John Vandegrift

Thanks John!

They are about 10 days EARLY for their 10 day window though!
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Chad Ramsey
onetonyj@yahoo.com

My eggs generally start to dimple a week to three weeks out from hatching. There is no exact time, it varies greatly.
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www.strictlyballs.ca

I have read that three weeks is when they can start dimpling.

great thanks yall!
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Chad Ramsey
onetonyj@yahoo.com

As the others have posted, the dimpling can vary quite a bit. Since going to the no-sub method, it is not uncommon for my eggs to dimple very little or even not at all. I have a clutch at day 51 (about 4 days from pipping, by my average), with only 1 egg showing any dimpling whatsoever. Last year a clutch from the same female hatched without dimpling at all. The eggs seriously looked the same on day 55 as they did on day 1.

So here is the observation - Even though nearly all of my eggs stay "fully inflated", I do have one female whose eggs dimple quite early every year. They begin to dimply just slightly around 2 to 3 weeks in, then stay the same for the duration. I'm thinking this effect may have something to do with mom. I don't know if it has anything to do with the calcification of the egg, the structure of the membranes, the volume of fluids within, or what. Interesting really, but not that important...As long as they're not flattening out on you, six weeks in some slight dimpling if just fine....
Joe Pociask

reassuring info, thanks

I am NOT using the substratless method by the way.
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Chad Ramsey
onetonyj@yahoo.com

I have some eggs that lose a third the mass, look like they are collapsing and almost look like someone is folding them in half...........they hatch.........

vermiculite can suck alot of water from an egg if it too dry.............it can also blow an egg up too full if it is too wet.........

....as said........by smarter people than me.......less is better......blownup too full eggs are worse....

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so many babies.--so little time....
not to mention space......
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My first clutch of the year was layed 5/12. They began to dimple a couple days ago. These are on vermiculite. Do not worry. You should be fine. As others have pointed out, it's not exact.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles