Hi all,
Those with experience in breeding that have seen all kinds of eggs, have you ever came across eggs that look dehydrated, even though your conditions are correct?
I had a clutch laid 55 days ago and about 3/4 weeks in they started to look a bit shrivelled and dehydrated even though conditions were correct,
I’m crossing my fingers on these hatching but I’m kinda expecting the worst if I’m honest
Hopefully these pics work
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Try increasing the humidity in the box, by now they should be close to hatching so it won’t make a huge difference.
When I noticed them changing, I did add more water to the vermiculite (was originally 1:1 by weight) the egg tubs are pretty much air tight too and hydrometer was always 99%, I guess time will tell 
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It could just be because they are close to hatching. Try not to bother them too much.
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I have had some do this close to hatch time and they have been fine
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They tend to shrivel towards the end. They look like they should be fine.
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I agree with the fact that they shrivel towards hatching. Except they said that the eggs started shriveling 3-4 weeks after being laid. I still think that they should try increasing the humidity even though the eggs will stay shriveled anyways for hatching.
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