Hello, I have been having a bit of a problem with my eggs. They incubate for about 65 days at 82 degrees, the eggs collapse and then thats it... I have waited and waited... this has happened three times they collapse, i can see the baby inside, i wait about 48 hours, sometimes more, and if nothing happens i cut it open... and each one has had a dead fully developed baby in it.. what do you think is happening, or is it something i am doing wrong. So far i have had 1 out 6 hatch... and three out of the five were still born. Please help, any suggestions would be greatly apperciated.. thank you in advance!
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Dead Fetus...
DancingBunny18
Jul 28, 2004 01:01 PM
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z10silver
Jul 28, 2004 04:41 PM
If you aren't already, I would try incubating using Albey's method. It is listed step by step on his website. I had the same problem as you when using vermiculite but when I switched to perlite and used a scale to get ratio of water to perlite perfect, both eggs hatched. Here's a pic of one of the eggs that I cut open before I used Albey's method.
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Evangelus
Jul 28, 2004 10:52 PM
N/P
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-Britney
1.2.1 Leopard Geckos: Ron, Raine, Dream and Tango.
Paullywog
Aug 02, 2004 12:33 AM
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milwaukeereptile
Jul 28, 2004 07:02 PM
I had a female do this for her second clutch (the first was infertile). One hatched and the other one slit the egg and never came out. I opened it up and it was fully developed. Don't know what caused it but the rest of hers have been fine. I would say really watch for temp fluctuations and keep trying.
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Brian Skibinski
Milwaukee Reptiles
Brian@MilwaukeeReptiles.com
