Sorry about that.
I don't want to get us banned, but I'm quite curious.
How did you find out they weren't viable?
And, how do those eggs get fertilized anyway?
The males and females mate, and I mean a lot. They'll do it all day long after they wake up from brumation (hibernation for reptiles).
When the female first lays her clutch the eggs appear almost a translucent pearl color. Within 8 hours to 2 days if they are viable the eggs will "chalk"... becoming an opaque white color. This is caused by the embryo attaching itself to the egg shell. If the embryo doesn't do that process the egg will turn a pinkish color and stay slightly translucent. One hundred percent of the time this means the eggs are not viable.
It just happens. I think it's just one of those natural selection deals.
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