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Hi all,

I'm new to the forum and would like your help.

I recently had 4 eggs from my female Western Hognose. 2 of those eggs hatched at 50 days, the other 2 died. One egg became moldy at around 38 days and ended up a smelly bag of goo. The other egg was fine until about 44 days when it too began to mold. At 48/49 days the egg collapsed, so i cut it to make sure it was about to hatch and not dead. Unfortunately it had in fact died(it appears my incubators heating malfunctioned as the yoke looked fairly solid).

To the point, the 90% formed hatchling inside had the colours of an Axanthic. My question is, did it look that way because it wasn't 100% formed or because it was indeed an Axanthic?

I do have a few pics and will post them as soon as i figure out how

One of the last external features of a reptile to form is its coloring... It most likely died in the egg before its coloration developed...

Post some photos if you can...

Fingers crossed this will work for a piccy

I am going to say for sure it died before its color developed... Not even any color in the belly...

Okidoki. Thanks for the reply you've been most helpful

Hi Gregg, I agree with you, the color develops late in the process. I had a pink pastel that failed to hatch, and when I cut the egg open it was dead. The pink ground color had developed, but only the first few saddles showed, the rest of the hoggie was just pink. It was a shame it died, but if it would have hatched with that coloration my heart would have stopped. LOL

Wendell

agreed
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I see why you were thinking Axan. Just breed the pair a few more years and see if any retain coloration like that until hatch time.
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