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These are freshly collected snapping turtle eggs, Each egg has a small dent. Last years collection were perfectly round, but in the ground for 2 weeks.

Anyone ever see this before?

P.S. I didn't see the numbers last year either.

It could be that the humidity is too low. That would be my best guess although I am not a breeder.
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1.1 Womas, 1.0 Australian Olive Python, 1.0 Centralian Carpet Python, 1.1 Cape York Spotted Pythons, 1.0 Australian Water Python, 1.0 Albino Green Burmese, 1.1 Loxocemus bicolor (New World "Pythons" ), 1.2 Peruvian Red-Tail Boas, 2.1 Hog Island Boas, 0.1 Belem Brazilian Red- Tail Boa, 0.0.1 North American Wood Turtle, 0.0.2 European Pond Turtles, 1.0 Leucistic Alligator Snapper, 0.0.1 FL Red Belly, 0.0.1 Concentric Diamondback Terrapin, 0.0.1 Marine Toad, 1.1 Crested Geckos, 1.0 Yellow Ackie, 1.0 Yellow Bearded Dragon

Yeah the humidity is to low. Do you have the container covered? If not I would cover it with only a few air holes. Also, mist around the edges of the container (not directly on eggs) That should help keep the median moist and raise the humidity.
Chris
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Hey whats up, I'm Chris and I currently have 0.1 Midland Painted turtle, 1.0 Western Painted turtle, 0.1 Red Eared Slider, 1.1 Leopard Geckos, 1.0 Bearded Dragon and a 55gal Native Fish Tank

It's probably also a better idea to number eggs using a pencil, as opposed to pen or marker, just incase some of the ink leaches through the egg..

Matt

Nature always amazes me.
I still can't believe they lay them with the numbers already on them !!

These eggs were collectd within 24 hours of hatching. I don't think they had wnough time to dry out.

Thanks for your comment.

Mystery solved!

One week after collecting the dented snapper eggs the dents have disappeared. I've kept them in moist vermiculite. They apparently soak up water. They now look like perfectly shapped ping pong balls.