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My crested gecko eggs are *dented*...one on the side and one on the bottom....They have been in the incubator for 68 days and I am wondering if this is how they begin to hatch or if there is something wrong....The vermiculite is moist and just before they dented I was seeing movement inside...These are my first crested eggs, so I am unfamiliar with them. Any assistance would be great as I am *freaking* out..LOL
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*Cheryl*

3.5.0 Bearded Dragons(Callahan, Jersey, Big Red, Tulip, Cameron, Karina, Squirt, Elwynn)
2.3.0 Crested Geckos (Mr. Cheetos, Charcoal, Mickey, Sherbert, Pistol)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (Guiness)
0.0.1 Blue Spot Timor (Timonium)
1.0.0 Ball Python (Melvin)
1.2.0 Cornsnakes (Orastie, Ireland, Nathir)
1.0.0 Red Tegu Monitor(Killian)
1.1.0 Puppies Barley (Anatolian Shepherd), Dakota (Border Collie)

www.doubletroubledragons.com

Dents are usually a bad sign,particuarly in a egg that advanced.Early on it might mean that they are too dry and can be rescued by adding moisture to the vermiculite.
If the egg is still white like a chicken egg ,Ild wait awhile longer .If its yellowed or moldy I would suspect it is no longer viable.
I know that isnt what you want to hear , But if they are your first eggs..your cresties might still be young and getting it right themselves.You may not have done anything wrong .Ive often noticed a young mothers first hatches tend to be smaller and weaker than futre hatches.

Better they die in the egg then have some sickly ill health hatchling that will die a slow agonizing death.

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Thanks...I will hang tight for a while longer.....they are still white as can be and look the same as they have except for the dents...how do they usually appear before they hatch? I know what beardie eggs look like, but not these....
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*Cheryl*

3.4.0 Bearded Dragons(Callahan, Jersey, Big Red, Tulip, Cameron, Karina, Elwynn)
2.3.0 Crested Geckos (Mr. Cheetos, Charcoal, Mickey, Sherbert, Pistol)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (Guiness)
0.0.1 Blue Spot Timor (Timonium)
1.0.0 Ball Python (Melvin)
1.1.1 Cornsnakes (Orastie, Nathir, Anavur)
1.0.0 Red Tegu Monitor(Killian)
1.1.0 Puppies Barley (Anatolian Shepherd), Dakota (Border Collie)

www.doubletroubledragons.com

they just look really really plump and then bam! out pops a baby lol

i have had the dents happen to me once, the eggs had been growing and were pretty far along too, but a few days after the dents appeared, they molded over =( they were not her first clutch either, i suspect the vermiculite wasn't damp enough to begin with but i don't know. i tried adding just a bit of water to the medium but it didn't help.

i hope yours make it!
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3.1 snakes, 3.3 crested geckos, 0.1 gargoyle gecko, 2.0 devon rex cats, 1.0 betta