Please help eggs are wrinkling 7 days in the bator!!!

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Do these look normal? My temps are at 89 and I have 2 gauges in the egg box that read 99% humidity. they started to wrinkle yesterday I've added more water and it didn't seen to help what should i do?

I think your eggs might be absorbing the water.
The one above the surface looks better than the ones in the substrate.

Try getting an egg crate or light defuse to put the eggs on top over the substrate.

I had one in until they started wrinkling...thought that might of been the problem

When I do substrate less incubation (which is always) I use about 2 inches of vermiculite, 2 layers of egg crate, and so much water that you can see the water swishing back and forth in the vermiculite. I will take a picture when I get home. Try to get some sphagnum moss and moisten it and put it on top of your eggs.

ok thanks!

Do you have the egg box well sealed? The covers of such boxes are usually pretty loose and allow for a lot of air leaks. Try using press n seal plastic wrap over the top of the box to make it really tight. You can also try laying slightly damp paper towels over the eggs to get them to plump up again. wet some paper towels and then wring them out really well until you can't get any more drips out of them, drape those towels loosely over the eggs. The eggs will probably never go back to normal looking but these ideas could help a little.

Yep definitely need to get those eggs hydrated, so all of these suggestions should work.

I think it's better they are dehydrated now than further down the line when the hatchlings are larger and really needing the space in the egg. I've seen first hand what collapsed eggs can do to the babies inside and it's not pretty.

So Ive just recieved my first clutch ever today...what is the ideal setup, temps and humidity? Also in your guys experience when should these egss start to hatch?

Thanks!

Johnny

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Originally Posted by Johnny84

So Ive just recieved my first clutch ever today...what is the ideal setup, temps and humidity? Also in your guys experience when should these egss start to hatch?

Thanks!

Johnny

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You probably should have had this figured out before you even started pairing. However, since the eggs are here, you need the education anyway.

I've not gotten my first clutch yet, but I plan on incubating at 88-89* with a herpstat thermostat. I plan to get the humidity as high as I can and use press-n-seal to keep the humidity in the tub instead of escaping. For my egg box, I plan on using 2 or so inch of vermiculite soaked in water with an egg crate later on top to keep my eggs off the substrate. I will also expect muy clutch to hatch 50-60 day post lay depending on the temp of the incubator (cooler temps take longer)

I have figured this out!!!! Just wanted to get more feed back, can't anyone on here just answer questions without criticizing others!!! No need for the other input, simply just answer the question!

But thanks for the info!

Johnny