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So far, this has been a terrible breeding year for me. I've bred two females this year and one female had nothing but infertile eggs. The other one laid around 8 eggs but the first 3 eggs were still-born and the rest got mold on them. I believe they got mold because there's some on the lid of the incubator and I also touched the eggs on occasion. So some of the mold must have got on my hand then onto the eggs when I touched them. I'll correct this mistake next year, but I don't understand why the first 3 eggs that made it to term were still-born. It was the female's first breeding year, does that have anything to do with it? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all those who reply.

Could be just about anything, but I would focus on nutrition of the female and incubation.
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Justyn

>>So far, this has been a terrible breeding year for me. I've bred two females this year and one female had nothing but infertile eggs. The other one laid around 8 eggs but the first 3 eggs were still-born and the rest got mold on them. I believe they got mold because there's some on the lid of the incubator and I also touched the eggs on occasion. So some of the mold must have got on my hand then onto the eggs when I touched them. I'll correct this mistake next year, but I don't understand why the first 3 eggs that made it to term were still-born. It was the female's first breeding year, does that have anything to do with it? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all those who reply.
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Justyn
Intense Herpetoculture

my first two eggs got through the incubation period fine, but never hatched. so when i cut them open, i found two beautiful babies dead in the eggs. the eggs were totally healthy and fine up till that day and later on, I hatched out 2 other beautiful babies that were alive and healthy so it couldn't have been something wrong in the incubation method. i think hatching is a final test for the baby before it can live in the world and some are just too weak or small to accomplish it.

Cleo

I ran into the same problem last year with my AFT's. I hatched out the first two eggs fine and then the last six died in egg. I believe in my case that once I saw them laying egs, I upped the calcium. This might have made the shells to tough for the babies to get out of. It's just a thought. I have also seen snake and beardie eggs do the same thing. You might try switching the male out next year. It might be a genetic flaw, you never can tell. Good Luck.
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