The eggs are definately good. The substrate looks like it might be a bit too wet. I highly recommend getting some vermiculite. Orchard Supply and Hardware usually carries it. If there is too much moisture, you'll drown the embryos. I believe FunkyRes successfully incubated his eggs on coconut fiber last year so maybe he can give you some pointers if you want to use this in terms of moisture. The key is to have the substrate damp, but not wet.

The vermiculite also tends to be more "sterile" than the coconut fiber so there is less of an issue with mold etc. You could also try perlite (make sure there is no fertilizer added). I've used a 1 part perlite to .8 parts water by weight mixture to incubate leopard gecko eggs (I've been batting almost 100 with the alligator lizard eggs and vermiculite so I haven't tried the perlite on them). Perlite is available at stores like Walmart in the Garden Center.

Try to handle the eggs as little and as briefly as possible throughout the incubation process. Once you have them set up, there should be no need to touch them and try to limit checks that involve openning the lid to once a week until you near the hatch date.

-Alice

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