Do Eggs only get Moldy when they are "dead"?

[Turtlestork]

Hello,

I have a few crested gecko eggs in the incubator. After about a week or two, the eggs developed some mold on them. They have continued to get moldier and have not grown in size. I separated them so they did not get my halthy eggs dirty. My question is when are these eggs done for? They look pretty far gone but I worry. Thank you.


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[Hannibal]

Anytime an egg gets mold, it was either infertile to begin with or the baby died in the egg. If your egg/s got moldy within the first couple of weeks it sounds like they were infertile.

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Actually, that's not true. Eggs will start to mold if you have too much water in the mix or not enough air flow. If you catch it early on, you can usually gently wipe the mold off, change your media to a more dry mix and/or add some holes to the deli cup to increase air flow. I've had plenty of eggs start to mold and then turn out fine. Sounds like you might have let yours go too far though. I never give up on eggs until I'm 100% sure that they're no good.

 

[Debbie7054]

I don't give up on mine until they collapse and smell rotten. I've had some terrible looking eggs hatch - totally agree with Riverside Reptiles.

 

[Turtlestork]

Ok, thanks. I probably did. These eggs were from some new females I got so I bet they were just infertile. Thanks everyone!

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[Debbie7054]

When I got Pookie I noticed after a couple of weeks that she was gravid. I rang the place I bought her from and they said she hadn't been with any other gecko's so the eggs must be infertile. Guess what I incubated them anyway and got two beautiful hatchlings from them. I'm so glad I decided to Zora and Sparkle are beautiful. Here's a current photo of one of them.

 

[crestedguy]

If they start to stink and ar a gross yellow color then i would throw them away. sorry dude.