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As I mentioned sometime in the past week, I am still working on the egg patience virtue, so maybe I am worrying prematurely.

I had predicted that my 3 salvator eggs would begin hatching today at the earliest. One of them hatched a week ago today, but it was very small compared to the others I have hatched in the past (10 salvators). He's alive and well, but small. Friday I noticed one of the remaining two eggs dimpled. This egg is noticeably smaller than the remaining egg and smaller than the past eggs that hatched. However, it is the same size as the one that hatched last week. On Sunday, I think it was, the dimple was gone and the egg had beads of water on it. Also, previously there had been a very small spot or two on the shell that was reddish. I have noticed those reddish areas appear to have spread on the side of the egg, and it seems to have new beads of fluid on the shell. The larger egg in the same container is dry as can be. My fear is the baby in the wet egg has died.

Again, based on my prediction, the eggs were not even due to hatch until today at the earliest (I was again obviously wrong about that!) so my fear may be premature. Still, this rapid change in egg appearance has me concerned.

Any thoughts?

and that sounds scary.
Funny how much excitement and hopes gets pinned on a tiny sphere.
I hope it hatches. I'd hate to think the already hatched one, is possibly going to live alone. It has two more chances for a companion. Best of luck to you.
D.

The third egg does not yet look scary, so we shall see. I am fighting off the urge to cut the wet one open. Far too often on here we've seen people cut open good eggs that just needed a bit more time. We shall see.

upon looking at the eggs more closely, the size difference is not as great as I thought. The wet one is smaller, but not too much smaller. It seems to be "sweating" in lots of different places.

Also, one thing I did observe is that when Jalepeño hatched he rooted around in the vermiculite under and around the other eggs. When I moved him out of the incubator, he had been wrapped around the egg in question. I wonder if he moved it or damaged it in his activities before being removed from the incubator.

Of course, it could be a million things. It could even be nothing. I'm just venting.

Best of luck, Bloodbat.I really can't help you out on this one. I've only bred geckos, Boas and some horny pitbulls, so far.I very much enjoyed your website, BTW.