Egg Sweating

[Alligatorbait]

So one out of my eight eggs is leaking (its kind of gooey like runny vaseline or somethin) from a small black spot! I did a little research and realized this is probably not good! How can I stop the sweating or should I just leave it... I candled the eggs and even the one with the spot had alot of big, nice veins. I could even see a baby snake in there!!! Any help or suggestions would be great! I am really worried, the are pastelxchampagne eggs and I don't want the only bad one to be the only pastel champagne we produce!!! If you have any advice please let me know ASAP![IM

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[Alligatorbait]

The eggs have been incubating for 21 days now, by the way.

[Andybill]

I have my first clutch in the bator right now so I am not experienced. But I did see a video Mike Wilbanks put up saying he accidentally tore one of his eggs and slapped a bandaid on it and the thing went full term. Atleast I think it was Mike. But I am certain I saw it in a video. I have watched so many videos though so I could have my breeders mixed up. I will try to pull up the video. Maybe while you were putting the eggs in the tub there was a small tear that didnt open up til now.... Just a thought.

[Andybill]

It was actually in this video (Vid 2) and it was actually taking a little bit of paper towel and putting it over the whole and it will usually work. But in his first video he mentioned an egg that was sweating out and was fertile in the beginning and eventually went bad. Maybe thats what you got goin on there. Here are the vids if you havent seen them yet:
Vid 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPs-ye_N9Vk
Vid 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJILE324JM

Not sure how I got bandaid out of that in the first place.... Sorry.

[SquamishSerpents]

Paper towel does work quite well!

[loonunit]

Liquid bandaid.

Also, you might want to raise one side of the tub a half inch --- I think what you've got there is a water spot. I suspect there's moisture on the inside of the tub, and it's pooling right above that egg and then dripping on the same spot, day after day. It isn't really good for the egg, long-term, and it can cause mold. Is there visible moisture on the top of the tub?

Either way, I'd go with liquid bandaid. I use liquid bandaid on tears, aggressive water spots, and mold. It saved my het lavender x het lavender clutch this last season, after I screwed up the humidity and they all dimpled, sweated, and then molded in the very first week. (None of them turned out to be visuals, but all of them turned out healthy. GOOD ENOUGH.)


EDIT: Oh, and don't buy liquid bandaid with pain killer. For the same reason you don't use neosporin with painkiller on snakes --- if it's bad for the adults, it's probably bad for the eggs.

EXTRA EDIT: Those eggs look really good, by the way. Don't mess with your tubs *too* much, you've actually got it really close to perfect right now.

[Alligatorbait]

Thanks for the help I guess I will go get some liquid band aid and see what happens! How much should I put on the spot just a thin layer or should I put a bunch or what?