I wish I had waited just another 5 or 6 days...

[bad-one]

I just wanted to share a cautionary tale with any inexperienced breeders out there.

I had 7 perfect spider x pastel eggs incubated at 90*F and I cut on day 50. I've waited 3 years for this clutch as I've always wanted to produce my own bumble bee.

Today is day 53 and I've realized that 4 of the eggs have died ( I know they were alive the first couple days). I suspect bacteria is to blame as those 4 had white cloudiness developing in them whereas the others have remained clear the entire time. I did try to flush out the streaks of white and used saline to top off my eggs.

The 4 eggs that died included a normal, a pastel, a very high white spider, and my only bumble bee

I'm waiting for the others poke their heads out, which judging by their color will be any day now. While I'm eager to hatch out the remaining 3, I'm devastated and beyond burnt out... I will not be cutting if I ever decide to breed again

[PorcelainxDoll]

So sorry for your losses!

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[John1982]

That's a tough blow, my condolences.

[alpine]

I'm very sorry to hear about your losses. May things go better in the future. So sorry.

[sookieball]

Live and learn.

I wouldn't let this stop me from having another season. I lost one last year, and 5 this year. All were not my fault.
Sometimes life isn't meant to be for longer than it should be.
Bet you next season you'll get more than one bee and a pair to boot!
Male and female!

It will happen.

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[Austin C.]

Sorry for your loss, but I believe you may have just cut a bit early. If you had waited till the 55 day mark it might have gone differently, so I wouldn't just drop cutting eggs like that or breeding for that matter. I recently cut open a pastel X spider clutch at day 55 and by day 56-57 they were all out. It's all trial and error unfortunately and this hobby takes a lot of patience.

[rabernet]

I think it's a good caution. In this instant gratification age, some folks are too eager to cut, and I believe most of the twisted umbilical issues we see so often are a direct relation to cutting too early and then constant poking at babies before they are ready.

Sorry for your loss!

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[rlditmars]

Sorry for your loss.

[DooLittle]

That's a bummer, sorry. Hope the rest of them are healthy for you.

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[rafacacho]

The only mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

And I fully respect that you show yourself as the responsible for the loss. There´s a lot of people that start threads saying a friend of my girlfriend, blablabla...We all know who did it....

Learn and move on!