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I've been out of breeding for years now and am getting back into it and I feel like there's something I'm forgetting. I had 2 Mack Snow eggs that should have hatched last week. Incubating on moist bed-a-beast style media at 80-82 degrees. Instead of hatching, they began to shrivel. Looked deflated. Out of curiosity, I opened one after it being shriveled for 4 days to find a fully formed gecko, but it didn't wake up. The other egg is still intact, but again, shriveled. I really want these to hatch, since their father is quite old and I'd like to keep that blood line. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Frank

the one thing i would recommend is next time use vermiculite, perlite, or the stuff that alan repashy sells(clay based stuff). i love the coconut husk as bedding for higher humidity herps(not leopard geckos), but would not recommend it for incubation. i just dont think it would hold the high enough humidity for that long without moistening it???i have always used vermiculite with great success. other people may correct me if i am wrong about incubating with coco coir, but i have never used it. i am hatching leopard eggs (for female) at 82.3 degrees f in vermiculite....males at 87.5 degrees f.

Go to "Albey's too cool reptiles" above, one of the advertizes and professional breeds. On his site go to "care", and he tells you exactly raise eggs. Easy instructions.