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The alligator lizard I laid 12 eggs about 5 days ago. Several eggs were shriveled then. Now all the eggs are rather considerably shriveled. Is this typical? I wouldn't think so.

Any suggestions? I hope there is some hope left. I've been keeping at 70-80 deg F as Alice has suggested. but not with the elaborate soil. I just have them in a container, good humidity, and light, and warm temps.

Any advice would be appreciated,

Edward

I just candled my eggs and the majority of them show some tiny red blood vessles formation. They are not very distinct, nor define, but I presume they are fertile, despite them being shriveled.

Any ideas what's going on? It's strange because they were laid partially shriveled (about 6 of 12 were)

Edward

I have noticed a lot latly there are a lot of questions with shrivled eggs. First of all what color are your eggs? More likly than not they are no good. One thing that comes to mind is "god these people must realy be messing with these eggs a lot" My suggestion "and I could be wrong I am in no way an expert but I keep S. Aligators lizards verry well" is to just leave them alone. More offten than not human intereaction is the death of these. Trust me I have lost a lot of eggs in my time both reptile and bird eggs. Let nature take its course dont dig the eggs up every day to check on them and by no means pick them up. I know it can get exciting having eggs "especialy if they are your first" But that is what I recomend. Not that being said I would like to hear from somone that has more of an expertease in this field to find out how full of it I am.

If the egg is a good white color, and has the other characteristics of a healthy egg, except for the fact that it's shriveled, is simply from dehydration. I'm not an expert, but there is little information on keeping these lizards. When my eggs get shriveled, i bury them a couple days, and they pop up again, back to normal, and then unbury them. It seems that these lizards need a lot of humidity. I've been experimenting and still have not found a good humidity for these eggs without them shriveling. If anyone has found a good humidity, I could really use the help, thanks.
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~Julie~
0.1 Southern Alligator Lizard
0.0.3 Southern Alligator Eggs
2.0 Christmas Toad
2.3 Pacific Tree Frog
1.0 White Tree Frog
0.2 Bearded Dragon
1.0 Patterdale Terrier
0.2 Bearded Dragon
1.0 Veiled Chameleon

I keep mine around then same Humidity as were I reside. All the animals I have colected and kept "With the exception of my parakeets" Are natrual in my area. I always make it a point to jot down the suroundings and conditions when colected a reptile. If it works for them out there it will work for them here. So far no problems.