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Nearly two months ago my High Yellow female layed two eggs. One nearly three times larger than the other that I suspect(ed) to be infertile, yet the smaller one is fertile.

Now, my question (more of an observation) is that both eggs have been in the incubator for the same amount of time, and the one that I suspect(ed) to be infertile has yet to change color, deflate, or mold. But whenever I candle it, it is more milky-reddish-pink. While the other one is completely red, and nearly unable to see through due to the hatchling growing inside. I was just wondering if anyone has ever had an infertile egg stay inside the incubator for the normal duartion of time, just to slice it open and there be no zygote/embryo/hatchling inside. I'm playing it safe, though, keeping them in the incubator. I hope it hatches out, that'd be very odd!
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Josh Ellis
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One of my first time females layed one of those larger eggs on the first of January. Now I candeled it and saw that their was nothing in it, but I have leaft it in it own container since then. It has yet to colapse or mold. I knew it was infertile I was just curious to see how long it would go, so I never threw it out. Well as of today it has just stared to get a little soft.
It was wird most infertile eggs I've had, had issues right away, I can't belive it has staye the same shape and color for so long.
BTW if yours has pink in it you may be in luck, this one never did.
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Sarah H

I've seen leo eggs come in two shapes. Well, not really different shapes, but sometimes one egg in the clutch will be more fat and round, so it makes the other one look bigger. But then they both hatch the same-sized babies.
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chickabowwow

3.2.3 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)