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ok my eggs have been incubating for 38 days now and there is a dent in my fertile one. i know its fertile because i can see the leo inside, and someone told me to add water. i have the humiddity is at 87% and its still kind of flattening out a little. does any one know what i can do?

I’d imagine someone has said this to you before, but it’s worth restating. You can place a moist paper towel over the egg to help it plump up again. Another thing you can do I burry the egg in the incubation medium. Both methods just add to the moisture surrounding the egg.

Can you see movement from the gecko inside the egg? That would the only thing that tell me 100% that the baby inside is still alive. Sometimes eggs will appear perfect for the first few weeks (good size, color, and presence of red veins), but then fail due to any number of things. From what I’ve seen, denting without hatching is not a good sign at the age that your eggs are. Wish I had better news, but I’d still recommend that you continue to incubate them until they completely collapse, or mold over. Hope this helps a little.

DaveCable

>>ok my eggs have been incubating for 38 days now and there is a dent in my fertile one. i know its fertile because i can see the leo inside, and someone told me to add water. i have the humiddity is at 87% and its still kind of flattening out a little. does any one know what i can do?

My first leo egg hatched tonight and the egg never did dent prior to hatching.

I was the one that suggested that you need to add more water. I keep my eggs in a bed of vermiculite, in a closed plastic box. There are droplets of water all over the walls and lid of the box. I've never measured the humidity but it's probably higher than 87%.

I would try adding a little more vermiculite and placing it around the egg so that more is covered. If you're sure there is enough moisture, just let things be. There could be a reason the egg has dented like this...Either it is meant to be, or it isn't.