[porkchop48]

I have an issue with Tokay eggs.

A female tokay came into the pet store and laid eggs shortly after arriving. They were stuck to the side of the tank so we took her out and moved her to a new tank.

After the owner of the store did a couple shows for me I bought her a male to go along with the female. That pair has laid 14 eggs. They are all still nice and round and white. But this group of 14 eggs ranges from 150 - 245 days. And she just layed another egg on monday.

The eggs that were laid on the side of the tank are about 2 years old... Any suggestion?

What the heck to do I do to make them hatch?

[Riverside Reptiles]

2 year old eggs are never going to hatch no matter what you do. They obviously weren't fertile. The others sound as if they're a bit old as well. Are you certain that they are fertile? Perhaps your temps are too low?

[porkchop48]

I figured there was not a lot of hope for the 2 year old eggs.

They have been stashed away in a dark closest at my sisters house so the temp probably goes up and down quite a bit.

The temp where the eggs are is probably about 75-77 degrees.

i am not certain they are fertile... but if they werent would they still look good? I am very new to this whole egg thing so sorry of the questions are newbish. I am use to tadpoples. Not things that come out of the egg.

[tokeh]

if they are not fertile they still look good because the egg are hard and won't collapse.
shine a bright light through them and find out if you can see anything.

jeffrey

[Ophidiophile]

75-77 is a bit low temperature-wise but they should still hatch. As others have said, 2 year old eggs are not going to hatch but I'm astonished that they still look good! At 75-77, the eggs could easily take over 200 days, though some that I incubated at those temps hatched in 140-150.
Can you post pictures of the eggs? It'd be fairly easy to tell if they look good.

[J.P.]

aside from low temps, low humidity could have also caused the eggs to dehydrate.

be sure to take care of the new eggs. you don't have to move them away from the parents. the ideal temp/humidity in a tokay enclosure is also good for incubation. if you want to protect the egg, you can tape a deli-cup over it. but you don't really have to, it's just a precaution.