is it normal to get a few bad eggs

[chameleonlord]

hi im wondering is it normal to get a few bad eggs from vieled chameleon eggs its been 2 weeks and through 6 out of 37 away as mouldy and dented but the rest are still crispy white also if i candle should i be able to see viens in them by now or still abit to early thank you also this is her first clutch

 

[Sticktongue]

Yes, happens all the time

 

[camimom]

COmpletely normal.

it just means those eggs started developing after she was bred. So they didnt get fertlized.

 

[chameleonlord]

great thanks heaps for that

 

[AndrewBrian]

you mean if eggs develop after being bred they are not fertilized? or eggs that developed before being bred?

 

[junglefries]

yep

There is a few bad eggs even on this forum. (that was a joke. I have recently been reminded not everyone has my since of humor.)

 

[camimom]

you mean if eggs develop after being bred they are not fertilized? or eggs that developed before being bred?

If a female is bred say on a monday, but some eggs didnt start to develop until the friday after, then those eggs may not be fertlized.

Or if a female begins to develop eggs on a monday, and breeds on friday, not all of the eggs will be fertlized.

basically there is a window of opportunity for each egg in development to be fertlized, if breeding occurs before or after that window, it wont be fertlized.

Make sense?

 

[chameleonlord]

ok thanks for that advice im just stressing for no reason then hopefully also do you guys and girls experinced fully sealed contaners with no air holes at all? cheers