Egg from Eu. afghanicus!

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Sommer

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Hey folks,

After bruming my afghanicus I found an egg the other day. Last year I had two single-laid very odd looking egg (look lige a deficit of calcium).

However: This one looks awsome and good! I didn't have the possibility to light it to check for arteries or "red".

Therefore I am not sure whether the egg is fertile or not, but how long will it be able to last as infertile in the hatchery before it falls together and rots away?

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paulnj

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An egg can fail up until it hatches, but you should be able to candle it for fertility 3-5 days after laying and be able to know. I would incubate the eggs until you are 100% sure it failed, because deflated eggs have hatched in people's incubators plenty of times.

Pure afghanicus are some of the coolest animals out there, congrats and good luck.
 
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Sommer

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paulnj said:
An egg can fail up until it hatches, but you should be able to candle it for fertility 3-5 days after laying and be able to know. I would incubate the eggs until you are 100% sure it failed, because deflated eggs have hatched in people's incubators plenty of times.

Pure afghanicus are some of the coolest animals out there, congrats and good luck.
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Thanks (also to "Geckos and Goana")!

What I meant was if the male didn't load her with semen and the egg is infertile. I know that everything can go wrong untill the very hatching day (saw that with Rh. ciliatus a few times until I learned my lesson).

If it is not fertile - will it then start to rot?

I will go buy my-self a maglite today if I can find one.
 
matias

matias

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Yes it will probably start to rot when not fertile.
First it turns yellow.
Lets hope its fertile!
 
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paulnj

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I stopped candling eggs to be honest and just incubate all eggs that I find that don't look like a half full water balloon. If an egg appears to be infertile a fw weeks in, I candle it then. Eggs that start to mold for whatever reason, I seperate out, clean up and sometimes put foot powder on them(anti fungal).

If your eggs are infertile or you are unsure, rebreed.
 
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