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I bought my son a pair of Leopards last January and the female just laid two eggs this past weekend. I currently have them incubating in vermiculite, but I noticed in his LG book that I was supposed to mark them so that I can keep the end up as they were left by the female. How important is this? I understand that they could drown in their own fluid as they develop, but is this common? Have I ruined these eggs?

Thanks!
Jeff

Well, did you turn them significantly? ie-flipped them over
and two- how long after they were laid did you do the flipping or rolling or whatever? If within a few hours, you are probably OK, as the embryo woud not have attached yet. I asked the same question when one of my females kept violently kicking her eggs, like a couple inches and several flips, during the laying and burying process. That's the answer I got. In any case, keep them cooking until they either hatch or go moldy and collapse. You never know!
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1.0 Hypo stripe, Het RW from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino from Petsmart (Cloud)
0.1 Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko from Petco (Beatrice)
0.1 Stripe female (rehabilitated rescue)(Pepper)
0.1 Jungle het RW hatched by me! (Jungle Bunny)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko from Petco (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko from Petco (Rainbow)
0.1 RW Stripe hatched by me! (unnamed yet)
0.1 Leucistic rescue (Lucy?)
0.1 Tremper stripe from JMG (Delta)
0.1 SHCT hatched by me! (Blinky)
0.0.1 SHCTB hatched by me! (Sunny II)
0.1 Ball Pythons
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Hatched: ~50 leos

They were handled gently, but did their share of turning since I was not even thinking about that. I do think I noticed them within a few hrs of being laid though.

Thanks for the response