How does a gecko fit in the egg? (sad pic attached)

[Glider]

Well I had my first ever stillbirth yesterday. This little guy was due to hatch, then in the morning I saw his nose poke out of the egg, and 12 hours later I checked again and he was still in the exact same position.
I peeled a little of the egg back for him just in case he was just resting, but it was pretty clear that he wasn't breathing or moving and was just dead.
So I peeled the rest of the egg back to find that he was well formed, but still had plenty of egg-yolky stuff attached to him, so he really wasn't ready to hatch after all.

I suspect that perhaps the egg was not structurally sound (I've had trouble putting condition back onto his mother after laying recently but she just keeps laying). I think that the egg wall may have been too thin and perhaps he started to move around a little in the egg being so close to full-term and his nose accidently burst through a little bit.

[warren63]

Wow that is interesting but unfortunately sad. Must be very disappointing after all that time for that to happen

[waruikazi]

Sometimes this stuff just happens. Don't read into it too far, everyone will get still borns once in a while... or like me all the time.