Emilylovesherps
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Is this what people call sweating? I figure it's just pipping. Thought y'all might enjoy the pic-
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Egg leaking liquid
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Scarlet.Escapist
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Hey Emily! ^^
I've never witness 'sweating' before but I've heard/read that a few do that before hatching.
I've seen that happen a few times with my eggs, but it never turned out to be a good thing :\. Each time an egg leaked the baby was never able to make it out of the egg. The only time I've seen one start hatching was when the egg quivered and then *squirt* a bunch of albumin came flying out (almost hit my face because I was watching closely lol).
I've also read a few threads where people have had their eggs leak like what you've shown, but have had their geckos hatch a few hours later! Hopefully that is the case for you. Nothing is more saddening than a gecko that your were expecting to hatch...ending up unable to emerge
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How far is the egg along in the incubation period?
I've never witness 'sweating' before but I've heard/read that a few do that before hatching.
I've seen that happen a few times with my eggs, but it never turned out to be a good thing :\. Each time an egg leaked the baby was never able to make it out of the egg. The only time I've seen one start hatching was when the egg quivered and then *squirt* a bunch of albumin came flying out (almost hit my face because I was watching closely lol).
I've also read a few threads where people have had their eggs leak like what you've shown, but have had their geckos hatch a few hours later! Hopefully that is the case for you. Nothing is more saddening than a gecko that your were expecting to hatch...ending up unable to emerge
.How far is the egg along in the incubation period?
Emilylovesherps
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Not sure because they were surprise eggs that were laid in a strange area. Found them in early December. To be completely honest, I opened one-the baby seems very small to me, so they may not be ready to hatch-so like you said, they are probably not meant to survive. I will give you updates on them tomorrow, so maybe we can all learn something from them, at least, if they don't survive. I know this was the very first clutch ever for their dam, so it may be that this wasn't meant to be-
I'm gonna attach a photo so you'll see what I mean. He's still breathing, but you can def tell he's not full term:
I'm gonna attach a photo so you'll see what I mean. He's still breathing, but you can def tell he's not full term:
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Riverside Reptiles
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I've seen a lot of eggs sweat but never big giant drops like that. Always little tiny drops. Not sure what's going on there other than perhaps, as you said, maybe it's pipping.
Edit to add...are you certain that the lid didn't have an accumulation of humidity and perhaps a big drop of that fell down on the egg when you took the lid off?
Edit to add...are you certain that the lid didn't have an accumulation of humidity and perhaps a big drop of that fell down on the egg when you took the lid off?
Emilylovesherps
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Perhaps, Ethan. Maybe the other one will make it, but if it's as bad off as the other I think they are way to young. What do you think of the premature neonate?
The drops oozed out of one today as I was candling them. The other was on there yesterday. It was def not water. Must be albumin-
The drops oozed out of one today as I was candling them. The other was on there yesterday. It was def not water. Must be albumin-
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Riverside Reptiles
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Emily, please taste the fluid and tell me what it tastes like. This will give me a much better idea of what we're dealing with. :idea:
Emilylovesherps
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It tastes a lot like when you suck a python egg. :evil:
It really does smell like baby boas in the morning though. Nothing like the smell of afterbirth to wake you up.
It really does smell like baby boas in the morning though. Nothing like the smell of afterbirth to wake you up.
Riverside Reptiles
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The baby does look a bit premature. I'd just leave the leaky one alone and see what happens. Nothing good ever comes from helping to open them (or not in my experience anyways).
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Emilylovesherps
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Not gonna hope for too much. They must be from the same clutch because they were right next to each other, and they did this same thing around the same time. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm sure someone will benefit from the info at least.
lol ew. We are so gross hehe.
lol ew. We are so gross hehe.
Xorac
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I'm ashamed to say I once opened a sweating egg. It also had fairly large drops. It was a little past due, and I'd heard about people cutting into the egg and rescuing the gecko or finding it was long dead. I got neither. I got a great smelling gecko who wasn't exactly dead, nor quite ready to be alive. I'm worried that if I had let it go longer, it would have ripened and hatched fine. I'm convinced that no good can come from opening a questionable egg, and I vowed to never give up on an egg until it stunk. What's the harm in waiting? If it is too weak to crawl out on it's own, it's not likely to make it anyway.
Shamefully yours,
Sean
Shamefully yours,
Sean
Emilylovesherps
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Yep, that's how I feel. Ashamed, but I had to know for sure if I could help it.