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My female laid her first clutch of 12 eggs last night. The bad news is that I did not have a laying box set up & she just dropped them in the sand substrate during the night. The eggs are somewhat dented. I hope they are OK. I have the eggs in a plastic food storage container of damp-to-clumping vermiculite at 84 degrees in a Reptibator. There is a plastic lid with several holes in it on the container. The Reptibator also gauges the ambient humidity. What humidity number should I shoot for? Are freshly laid eggs often dented?

Relative humidity in the egg container should be 100%. Freshly lain eggs are not dented. Most likely the eggs started to dehydrate in the cage.
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PHLdyPayne

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Like PH said, they are either dried out or floppy slugs. If they have the appearance of a half-filled water balloon [ floppy] then they are duds for sure.

I don't know... The eggs all have integrity, but they each have one or two dents. They are incubating now, so we'll see. How soon will my female lay again?

2-5 weeks is typical between clutches.
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PHLdyPayne

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