Are my eggs hatching?!?!?!

[patrickfraser]

I've been looking for sweat on the eggs and thought one was sweating, but it looks like it's oozing. Is this what is called "pipping"? I have never seen them sweat.

The eggs also have gotten a lot bigger recently, but one seems to be "deflating". Is this normal?

 

[reptoman]

Those eggs do no look fertile to me. Yellow usually indicates infertile. They should be bright white from the time they are laid to the time they hatch.

How long have you been incubating them? I assume these are panther eggs?

 

[patrickfraser]

Veiled eggs laid on October 1. They've been candled and I assure you they are (or at least were) fertile. The eggs had been stained by the topsoil I had used.
But thanks for playing.

 

[patrickfraser]

Thanks for all the responses. Gotta love it.
Nothing to worry about, just babies hatching.

 

[reptoman]

They are pipping! Looks like you will have more mouths to feed very soon. Congrats!

 

[Tay And A]

That's awesome! We will also be having 37 veileds hatching hopefully next month!

 

[mcanham]

wow I would have never guessed those eggs were healthy. Nicely done! Now for the fun part.

 

[reptoman]

Patrick, Have you got a bunch of babies yet?

 

[patrickfraser]

5 babies are out and running around and they are adorable. There are more pipping and have opened ends and I have one more head out. They do have a habit of "prairie doggin" it, don't they?
This was the second one to hatch. I entered another similar photo for the photo contest this month.

 

[ataraxia]

Congrats! I love how big there eyes compared to there head at this age!

 

[patrickfraser]

38 babies have hatched so far. 2 seem to be weak and may be "sick", so I have isolated them.
Cham totem:

 

[reptoman]

Wow! That's a huge clutch. How many total?

 

[patrickfraser]

There were 50 eggs total. There are 12 left to go.