Dammit Help, rotated egg.

[janeothejungle]

So for the first time EVER, I was maneuvering a very angry mamma off her brood and she caught an egg with the edge of her tail and rotated in about 90 degrees. The questions is....

Should I rotate it back in the original position?

Or cross the fingers and plant it as it lays?

I don't want to risk severing any blood vessels by rotating it back, but the large dark epicenter that is normally on the bottom as the egg develops is now halfway up the side.

Ideas??

Cheers,
Kat

[Freakie_frog]

Candle it see which side the veins are one and rotate it to the top. mark that one so you know kid of this ed up kind of thing

[aaajohnson]

I would say rotate it back ... had 1 do that last year and it "cooked" just fine. We just moved it back and marked the top. I think the closer you are to the actual time they were laid the more forgiving about movement they are.

Neil

[Larry Suttles]

mark that one so you know kid of this ed up kind of thing

[janeothejungle]

Alright. I went for it. Rotated it back to the original position (gently) and all looks good at this point. The veins are still strong and very visible. Now it's cross the fingers and see how it goes. If it hatches, I'm naming it 'whoops'.

Thanks for the help Boys!

Cheers,
Kat

[JASBALLS]

They are fine for the first 24hrs. It happens to me all of the time! just incubate it how you pick it up..

[Beardedragon]

Alright. I went for it. Rotated it back to the original position (gently) and all looks good at this point. The veins are still strong and very visible. Now it's cross the fingers and see how it goes. If it hatches, I'm naming it 'whoops'.

Thanks for the help Boys!

Cheers,
Kat

Great name

[dragondavy]

Yeah, I wouldn't worry to much, just rotated it back and you will be ok. It's when they been cooking for a bit you need to worry, I had a female that didn't want to let her clutch go that when I got her off one rolled around the tub, I just took it and put it in the incubater and it hatched.

Good luck with your clutch!!

[Freakie_frog]

Wow yea I realize I sounded like I have tortes or something..

[muddoc]

I see that alot of good advice has already been given in this thread, but I just wanted to relay how we do things. We actually candle every egg that is laid. During candling, if you look close, you will be able to see what I can best describe as a halo with a black dot in the middle. This is typically in the middle of the veins in the egg. This is the embryo. I put a small pencil mark directly over that embryo, and then when the eggs get to the box, I simply point the pencil mark skyward. We have had great success with this method, and I thought that it may help others. It is extremely helpful when you get a "roll out", or the female kicks an egg out of her coils.

Hope that helps,