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I had a 1-yr old female lay about 20 eggs a couple of months ago and have been incubating them in a homemade "picnic cooler" type setup. (picnic cooler with aquarium heater inside, metal rack with eggs on vermiculite inside a plastic box sitting on the rack, 84F temp) and checking on them daily. They have grown steadily and most of them look healthy and white.

A few of them however I am not sure about-- the largest one (seems to be about 1.25" in length) has dark spots that seem to be coming from INSIDE the egg. I am not sure if this is a dead egg or mold inside the egg or maybe just part of the normal stuff that's in there? The egg is very large and I am afraid that if it is mold then if it were to burst then the mold spores would spread to the other eggs. I do not want to disturb the egg either if it is OK.

I have taken some pics of these eggs and I hope someone can take a minute to look at them and give their opinion-- should I remove them or just "wait and see"..

Thanks so much for the advice!! I am new to this!
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I guess I forgot to say what kind of eggs they were in that last post--- they are Bearded dragon eggs! please any advice I would be most appreciative!

I gathered that they were dragon eggs from your name

While it is more likely that these eggs will not hatch, at this point I wouldn't worry about touching anything.

If you see a huge folding of the shell or mold growth on the outside of the shell, then remove them.

Ian

ok thanks for the advice I will just watch them closely and if they break or get moldy I will remove them

The eggs look fine .... What it looks like to me from you pics is what you see is the animal inside. Don't touch a thing now and don't forget to post the pics when they all hatch.

I see this in my eggs quite a bit ... they look good to me.