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Well I could wait no longer, I held off long enough and opened the eggs, some were like Mike had, whitish yolk.

Others were very sad to see, dead but formed lil guys who just did not make it. I have dealt with this breeding collareds from time to time, always a BUMMER when it happens.

Sad, disappointing, frustrating the time spent taking care of the eggs making sure everything was just right, the fact the lil ones did not get a chance at LIFE, it's all lousey.

But I know it happens, and just have to look to next season, with a HAPPY HEART, and put the sadness away!

I did take some pics for my own personal records, SAD, but have to keep trying, there are ALOT of baby henkeli that NEED to be brought into this world yet, ..... and I WILL, be one who has a part in doing that..........

SEE YA NEXT TIME LITTLE DUDES **

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PHEve / Eve

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well eve, atleast you've got a possitive outlook on things. we all go into the breeding aspect of things knowing what the outcomes could be. atleast this way you won't have to keep peaking in the incubator hoping to see some baby henkeli looking up at you.
now you know you're able to get fertile eggs which is one of the hardest parts.
hopefully my lineatus will be up with your henkeli in the fertile egg production department starting off next year, and good luck with your other animals/eggs as well.

first you have my sympathy. i know how much you wanted little henkelis. Second i have had this problem in the past. at about 5 months i think about opening eggs that havent hathched yet. i have had some phant eggs,( the only one of the 4 species i keep that breeds regularly if at all)hatch at 3-4 months and one that hatched at 178 days because i opened the egg. then i opened one last night that was 6 months old (layed on april 14th) and he? had another month by the look of things.( he? had alot of yolk and the skin had absolutly no clolor but tail,toes and feet formed perfetly) so its hard to say exactly what a hatch time can be. Has ben or neil noticed that shell thickness contributes to the death of thes babies or do they just have that wide of varience in hatch times on purpose? I havent changed any thing in incubation but i personally noticed that if i move the eggs it takes longer, but if i leave them be in the tank they seem to hatch out quicker. just a observation, good luck and hope to see some babies soon.

"then i opened one last night that was 6 months old (layed on april 14th) and he? had another month by the look of things.( he? had alot of yolk and the skin had absolutly no clolor but tail,toes and feet formed perfetly) so its hard to say exactly what a hatch time can be"
just curious, was it moving at all? because if they're developed that much and don't move then they probably wouldn't have hatched.
i had some texas horned lizard eggs burst one time when i opened the incubator ( temp/humidity change or something) and they were atleast 2 weeks early. the 3 that burst were moving around, but their eyes weren't fully developed, and the skin was translucent.

he twitched and did move around a litle before he died. but i have never had them incubate that long with them being so underdeveloped.

well, you had a whole lot of us cheering for you when you got the eggs, its a real shame it turned out the way it did. cant necessarily say the outcome was your fault though. i got lucky and had so many eggs come this season, but so many were lost to the eggs showing up cracked soon after being laid. you know just keep up the hard work, youve got some great animals there and i am positive youll have some luck soon.

we're all right there behind you!
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-Mike Martin
North Carolina

Hey Eve, I'm sorry to hear the sad news. That is a very long time to wait to be given the results you got and would discourage many from continuing with the species. I am glad to hear that this doesn't steer you away from this great genus at all and makes you want it even more now. Like mentioned before, you know you can get fertile eggs from your henks which is a great step! I'm sure we'll be seeing some in the future. Take care.

Mike