Quote Originally Posted by mlededee View Post
If the gecko has slit the egg but not come out chances are slim that you will be able to save it. With cresteds, once they slit the egg they have to come out pretty much immediately, otherwise they will suffocate because the liquid inside the egg starts to solidify.

You can cut the egg to get the gecko out (I recommend using cuticle scissors), but unless you catch it pretty much within minutes of slitting chances of it still being alive are not good. Sometimes they just aren't strong enough to make it out. The only thing to do in this situation is to to make sure that the parents have a good diet, the female has plenty of calcium reserves and that your incubation conditions are correct. Other than that you just have to let nature take her course and realize that sometimes an animal is not meant to be.
I agree 100%. I always let nature take its course. As hard as it may be sometimes. I lost two and it was my first season. I just feel if they aren't strong enough to make it out of the egg, they wouldn't thrive outside of it. They may survive, but not thrive.

However on another note. Since you said it hadn't pipped yet. Sometimes they can take 24 hours to come out after the clutch mate, sometimes a week or so. I have had two babies hatch 6 days apart. As long as the egg appears normal, no nasty smells, and doesn't appear to be dead. Just leave it be, and it will hatch eventually