Half Veined egg

[AjBalls]

I had an egg look like that in my last clutch. When it was first laid I candled it and it looked like that.

But I remembered listening to Reptile Radio one day and Larry or BT mentioned something about eggs like that. And I can't remember if they said you should lay it with the veins at the bottom or at the top. So I gambled and took bottom. Now the whole egg appears red with veins.

[jknudson]

The veining it does have looks nice and healthy, my guess is you may just get a smaller hatchling out of the egg. Pretty neat though, keep us updated!

[Emilio]

I had one this year and it hatched perfect it will be fine Heather.

[JASBALLS]

I think you may loose that one..

[J.Vandegrift]

I have a whole clutch of lesser eggs that look like that (8 eggs). Some with less infertile area than yours and some with a bit more. I remembered reading somewhere that you should put the infertile part down so I did. I am only on week 2 of incubation but so far every egg looks fine. It's probably too late for you to turn that egg though. How far along is it?

[LadyOhh]

Its on day 50 today...

It may not be rotting, but it may not be pretty when it hatches...

[NickMyers03]

its cutting time

[J.Vandegrift]

Its on day 50 today...

It may not be rotting, but it may not be pretty when it hatches...

I would not worry too much if you are that far along. I bet it will come out fine, you may end up with a 30g hatchling though. When do you cut?

[JenH]

Its on day 50 today...

It may not be rotting, but it may not be pretty when it hatches...

Good luck with that little one, Heather.

The wait is not fun... I was ok for the first 50 days because I tried to ignore the eggs except for weekly checks. Now I'm checking them twice a day and candling like crazy. Day 55 is tomorrow - I may have to snip....

[NickMyers03]

is that a black pastel?