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Gecko eggs- texture? and should i slit it?
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Aru [1]
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My female crested gecko laid her first clutch in March. Two perfect eggs, and two months later emerged two pefect babies. No problems, no worries. When she laid her second clutch the eggs seemed fine and they've been incubating since early March. This second clutch has been incubating for a week longer than the first clutch but I wasn't too worried about it until I noticed one of the eggs start sweating yesterday.I opened up the closet and noticed one of the two eggs was sweating a lot and had shrunk an incredibe amount compared to the other egg. It has been over 24 since it started sweating. Some things I've read said slit it and others have said don't. I am at a loss at to what to do.
Also, I have noticed that my eggs are not easily candled. Whenever I try, they don't seem to glow any particular color, they just stay white. They have a funny texture and almost seem to thicken as they age, making them even more difficult to candle. I will attach pictures of the eggs and the texture of the shell. What I really want to know is should I slit the egg (which I think is thickened making it potentially difficult for the baby to get out), and does anyone have any idea why the eggs have such an odd texture and appearance, possibly hypo or hypercalcemia?.. Thank you in advance
This is the four eggs. The top two are the same clutch and used to be the same size. The one on the right is the one I'm having problems with. If you look closely, you can see the odd texture on the newer eggs too..
[IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc115/silver_fox_95/IMG_8720.jpg[/IMG]
An up close of the egg in question. The texture is just really weird. It doesn't emit any color either...
[IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc115/silver_fox_95/IMG_8711.jpg[/IMG]
This one has a circled area which is where I'm most concerned. It's yellowish which makes me think the egg is very thin there. There is a similar spot on the tip of the egg where I assume it would hatch.
[IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc115/silver_fox_95/IMG_8717.jpg[/IMG]
An upclose of one of the newest eggs. It's got the beginning of the weird texture too. The other egg almost looks like what I've heard described as frozen glass looking or something.
[IMG]http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc115/silver_fox_95/IMG_8724.jpg[/IMG]
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Author Comment
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5/13/2012 10:22:35 PM
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Member Comment
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5/13/2012 11:05:22 PM
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zooguy731
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try candleing them, if you see veins then i wouldnt worry. ive seen snakes eggs that look a complete train wreck hatch out
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Member Comment
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5/13/2012 11:05:59 PM
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Author Comment
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5/13/2012 11:37:07 PM
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tikikitty95
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The newer eggs seem to give off a reddish glow but the older eggs don't seem to be penetrable by the light.
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Assisted Answer
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5/13/2012 11:55:53 PM
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Doomtrooper
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Just make sure your substrate is Moist enough and wait it out nature will Find a way
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Accepted Answer
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5/14/2012 1:27:39 AM
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Ihkura
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Find any and all areas your crestie eggs are sweating from. Rip off a tiny piece of paper towel, and lay it over the leaking area. It will dry and seal with the paper towel band-aid in place. It's okay if there is moisture loss, but that doesn't necessarily mean the baby is ready to hatch. What is happening is the baby inside is using up the shell to develop its bones, and the weakest areas on the shell are becoming so thin that they're springing leaks. A friend of mine gave me eggs to hatch, and several had the "frosted glass" texture, and several had the canyon patchwork look to them too.
Give your breeder female a little extra calcium, the eggs are a sign her calcium resources are low with the stress of breeding, and possibly give her a good year-long vacation from breeding!
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Member Comment
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5/14/2012 9:37:09 AM
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imyourscar
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On top of Ihkura's lovely comment, you won't be able to easily candle eggs that are closer to hatching, since the hatchling is using up more of the space inside, thus making a general dark lump inside of the egg. Sometimes if you get the right angle to it you can see a little dot of light somewhere, but I haven't been able to after a few months
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Assisted Answer
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5/14/2012 10:17:36 AM
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Dragoon
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the eggs sweat before hatching, you should have a new baby soon. once the eggs get close to hatching the gecko fills the egg so much that candling really doesn't work it all just looks dark
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Assisted Answer
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5/14/2012 11:17:56 AM
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shellboa
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More calcium, don't slit and don't handle them if you can avoid it, it's possible they were laid at different cycle points.
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Author Comment
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5/14/2012 9:45:10 PM
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tikikitty95
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The egg stopped sweating but I will save the paper towel advice for next time. I've been feeding her CGD and dusted crickets but she won't let me check her calcium sacs. And the male was removed a few weeks ago, so once she stops laying she'll be done. The thing that has/had me most worried is that the egg started sweating approximately 72 hours ago and still shows no signs of hatching. From what I've read the baby is most likely dead is the egg doesn't hatch after a few days.
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Assisted Answer
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5/16/2012 12:19:54 AM
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BabyyItsLove
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I have a crested egg that looks just like that. Very rough in texture, but is continuing to grow. Its the only fertile crested egg that I have, and i can now see the body and tail with candleing. We thought for sure that when its texture changed that it would begin to mold... but it never did. We're on day 60 with it and its going along wonderfully! Unfortunately, the first egg of the clutch was laid way too soon and went bad almost immediately. we accidentally interrupted her while laying and she didn;t lay this good egg for almost 3 weeks. Its the first fertile of the season for us. It's still ugly...but its now beginning to grow more and more everyday.
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Member Comment
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5/17/2012 12:37:54 AM
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lauraleellbp
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Hey I spoke with you at the Repticon about this egg... what happened with it?
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Author Comment
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5/17/2012 8:24:57 AM
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tikikitty95
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Both of them from the clutch just wouldn't hatch so I cut the eggs open only to find two beautiful little fully formed babies that were completely dead. Most people told me not to slit them and I didn't want to accidentally kill them so they died because of it. I was really upset about that yesterday. But at least I know for next time.
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Member Comment
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5/29/2012 8:12:10 AM
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Chelle38
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I had some last season that did this very thing .... started to sweat near the end of the incubation cycle. I experimented with whether or not to slit them. Some I slit and some I let nature take its course. Unfortunately, none of them made it. For me at least, once they showed signs of sweating, they were already gone. It was really weird though because I had so many babies hatch out just fine, didn't do anything different, and then had approximately six clutches sweat and die in a row with beautiful, fully formed babies deceased inside. I never did figure out why. I researched and experimented extensively but never found a solid solution. So far this season, I haven't had any sweat. If I do, I'm definitely trying the paper towel trick! I hadn't heard that before. I'm curious to compare notes with you though. What incubation medium are you using? I was using perlite and I've switched to Superhatch this season.
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Author Comment
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5/30/2012 9:00:45 PM
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tikikitty95
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I use all natural vermiculite with the GEO things for holding the eggs. It works really well for me. I have one last clutch incubating right now that is due late next month. Once they start sweating, I'm going to slit both of them and see what happens. I've got my female on a strict calcium supplementation now but these eggs are from before I started that so we'll see what happens..
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5/24/2013 12:42:18 PM
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Member Comment
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6/7/2013 10:39:29 AM
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Cenobite
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