Follow up post brown eggs

[Lindsay9758]

I have eggs that are 8 month old veiled chameleon eggs that i just switched from hatching soil to vermiculite because i realized their soil was getting moldy. However i think that my eggs took on too much water and I'm afraid they are no longer fertile. Any advice based on how they look? They're seeming to shrink. Thanks!

 

[Beman]

@kinyonga

 

[Reptofreak]

They will shrink significantly right before they hatch.

 

[jacksonchamnew]

Can you candle them?

 

[Beman]

Can you candle them?

Not sure if this is a good idea at this point....

 

[kinyonga]

I keep going back and forth over them...not sure.
Was the top left one and the third one down on the right always smaller or did they start to shrink?

 

[Lindsay9758]

They started to shrink it seems like

 

[kinyonga]

You have a couple of choices....just leave them alone and see if they hatch....or ....cut one open to see if the baby is formed and alive (I wouldn't do this ...you might "waste" a baby) I'd just wait.

 

[Reptofreak]

As @kinyonga said if you want to know 100% you’ll have to sacrifice an egg. This sounds cruel and it will feel cruel to you if there’s a live baby in there and then you have to kill it. I know from experience, but sometimes this is a necessary evil so to speak.

 

[Lindsay9758]

A few has shriveled. I'm just going to leave them... if nothing happens by 9 months (the end of the month) I will try and maybe cut one open. Thank you so much for the feedback! I really appreciate it.