Stinky ball python egg...

[cchardwick]

Right now I have 17 eggs in the incubator. Two of them were stuck in a female after the initial clutch was laid. I bumped up the humidity and left her overnight and she laid the last two. Now those last two eggs really stink, one in particular. I could actually see a yellow film on about half of the egg, I was thinking it was some stinky bacteria so I sprayed some bleach water on a paper towel and wiped it down. That really helped out but a couple days later it was smelling again so I repeated the process. The only thing is that I noticed that it seemed to make the shell of the egg a lot more flexible and less leathery. Not sure if that was the right thing to use. Maybe I should have used diluted Povidone Iodine instead? Anyone else have a similar experience? That one egg stinks up my whole incubator LOL. I can tell it's still a good egg because I can see the veins in it.

[dr del]

I seem to remember people using mycil foot powder to retard the nastyness?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Common sense would tell you that harsh chemical such as bleach on something as porous as an egg and twice is not the best idea.

Here is what people do and what I have done also

I Wipe down the egg with a slightly damp paper towel (water nothing else) and then apply Elmer glue or athlete foot powder which will slow down the progression of mold. As for the smell you will have to learn to live with it.

[cchardwick]

Two wipes with bleach didn't do it, today it was stinky again LOL. So I tried a dip in a dilute iodine solution. If it gets stinky again I'll try foot powder LOL. I use dilute iodine for my duck and chicken eggs and they hatch OK.