[NigelMoses]

I am curious as to if anyone else has experienced this. This is my first season breeding levis. I have two females that I have been breeding and they started late summer. So far I have hatched 4 but I have also had 4 more eggs crack. The eggs that cracked and began leaking were rather far along and seemed to be close to hatching. I can't figure it out, I am thinking maybe a lack of calcium and the eggs are not strong enough but the females are constantly dosed and the majority of the eggs are a nice solid white color.

My other guess would be the incubator but I do not know if a fluctuation in temperature would cause this. I have the incubator offered on LLL Reptile, which I believe is crap. The temperature fluctuates around 4 degrees either way and I am wondering if this would cause egg problems.

Any help, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

[NigelMoses]

I should probably also mention that the eggs that began leaking were not ready to hatch, all the animals that were inside died.

[Sebastian]

Sound like too much moisture to me. How do you incaubate them ?

[NigelMoses]

I just set them on moist perlite, should I try doing the moist perlite and then setting them on bottle caps filled with dry perlite. Are you thinking that the moisture is expanding the eggs causing them to crack?

[Sebastian]

Yes,that´s what I´m thinking.

Most Nephrurus breeders use a 1:1 (perlite:water) ratio by weight.
Too much moisture can cause the expansion of the eggs.

Good luck!