Hey all. So one of the geckos that my partner got from a friend of his had ripped apart her enclosure and laid 2 what looks to be viable eggs. We only got them I want to say close to 2 weeks ago, I wasn’t informed she had been paired (she’s only just 35g) and the poor thing clearly would have loved something to lay in I’m sure hence her enclosure being ripped apart
My question is, does anyone have any success stories about finding wonky eggs and having them survive?
|Have you candled them to see if they’re fertile? Especially the top one looks a bit sus to me… Denting is usually either a sign of lacking humidity, or them being infertile 
Different species, but I’ve found corn snake eggs which had been laid long enough to get a bit dried out. They looked very similar to that image. Once they sat in damp sphagnum moss, completely covered, for 24-36 hours, they plumped up again. They hatched without issue.
I did candle them and they were fertile. Found out after that she had been paired. They just didn’t tell me. I’m hoping that they are ok.
And there wasn’t any issues with the hatchlings? I’m just so concerned that if they do make it to hatch that there will be weird deficits 
She also looks like she has excess skin(see the second photo. Almost like she was much larger and lost it quickly… have you ever seen anything like that?
Again, these were corn snakes rather than cresties, but they were perfectly fine. No issues. Eggs are meant to be able to have some flexibility in case hydration issues. We aim to create conditions as perfect as we possibly can, as we should. Yet think about it; when eggs are laid, the tiny little creature within is truly very tiny. The embryo and its network of veins occupy a really small percentage of the egg’s interior. A brief time of less than ideal hydration for a few hours doesn’t matter in terms of development.
I can’t address that as I don’t work with cresties. One thing that certainly won’t hurt is encouraging her to drink by giving her clean, fresh water daily.
it’s not uncommon for adult females to have skin like that since they put on and lose weight quickly every month during breeding season.
The eggs don’t look super great, but always incubate till there’s no debate. Try upping the humidity
I wouldn’t lose hope quite yet, I’ve found some pretty dented Crestie eggs myself while doing enclosure checkups.
I thought they were a lost cause but I incubated them anyway and they came to full term and hatched out as healthy little babies. My advice for you if you haven’t done so already is getting them in an airtight container with a thick layer of damp perlite, adding just a tiny bit of water to settle at the bottom of the perlite and then seal the container for a week or two without disturbance. Check on them then and see if they’ve bounced back.
