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Today during school i got a call on my cell...It was my mom and she said my leo laids her eggs ...and my mother put them in teh deli cup with vermeculite and into teh incubator the onlything is she thinks eh may have put the eggs upside down ...the opposite way they wer laid....IF THATS THE CASE IS THEIR ANYCHANCE THEY WILL HATCH????

The theory is, once they firm up in the direction they are in, they should stay that way. The air bubble gets stuck at the top and if you turn it over, the developing baby wont make it.

However, there have been a few people who have done tests where they turned the eggs this way and that and in their experiece, the hatch rate didn't really decline. I wonder how many eggs get moved around in nature by bugs, small animals, etc...you'd think Mother Nature would be prepared for this kind of thing.

If your mother found them as soon as they were laid, they're probably just fine. (You may want to put a dot on them so that you'll know which way is "up" if for any reason you need to move them again.) Either way, I would absolutely let them incubate and see what happens. You'll probably be pleasantly surprised.

thx ....NOW MAYBE I WILL ABIT MORE FAITH IN THESE EGGS SURVIVING..bUT THE ONLY THING THAT WORRIES ME IS THAT THE EGGS WERE FOUND 4 HOURS AFTER THEY WERE LAID AND THEY WERE POSSIBLY TURNED OVER IS THERE STILL A CHANCE THEY WILL MAKE IT ???

I understand your concern and excitement/anger, but no need to lose your head.

I'd say just leave them be and let them hatch, if they're going to hatch, they'll hatch. There can be alot more that goes wrong than just shift in laid position (not enough/too much humidity, mold, flies, too hot, too cold, etc).

-Lemur 6

Lolz.....Sorry I forgot to turn the CAP LOCK off...Anywyas the eggs seems to have hardened up ...I hope everything goes well...