Not Sure What is Going On. PLEASE HELP

My first clutch was a P Het. Albino x P Het. Albino laid on 8/7/15. I have lost 3 of the 6 eggs due to mold and rot. We are at the 60 day mark and the other 3 healthy eggs have dimpled like crazy but have not hatched. Every time I candle the eggs I am seeing strong veins in all of them. My heat in the incubator has been between 86 and 88 the entire time, the humidity in the incubator has been about the same. I have lightly misted with room temp water as the medium has appeared dry. Is this normal when will they hatch? What should I do?

My second clutch was Piebald x P Het. Piebald laid on 8/17/15. I have only lost 1 of the 6 eggs in that clutch. The 5 eggs remaining in this clutch have started to dimple and still have strong veins when candled.

How can I save these remaining eggs? What do I need to do? Please Help

I was incubating at the same temps this year. All 4 of my clutches pipped near the 60 to 61 day mark. If they are heavily dimpled that just means that the snakes are absorbing some of the material inside and will be pipping soon. I know it is hard to wait but totally worth it when the first head shows up. Best of luck.

Thanks RLDITMARS. Just worried with these being the first clutchs and not knowing what to expect or what to do. I was also not sure if I was doing things right. Really looking forward to hatching out the first clutches. Hoping for the good odds. Albinos and Pieds. Fingers crossed.

Make sure you are misting the substrate, I usually just pour a little water in to each corner of the tub if the tub starts to dry.

Thanks Pit. I have been misting the entire tub eggs and substrate. I wll do the little in the corners like you are suggesting now.

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Originally Posted by Drake Moonslayer

Thanks Pit. I have been misting the entire tub eggs and substrate. I wll do the little in the corners like you are suggesting now.

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Yeah you definitely don't want to get the eggs wet.

Last year I incubated at 86.5*F and had pippers on day 65.

Misting the eggs might be your mold problem.

I agree that misting the eggs is probably why youve been losing eggs. Its usual to lose healthy eggs due to mold unless they are repeatedly getting wet. While you do want high humidity in the tub you want the eggs themselves to be dry.

I have a feeling the moldy eggs were probably infertile in the first place. Mist the substrate and the sides of the tub. A little water on the eggs isn't a big deal. Just gotta be patient.

Thanks to all of you. I am just panicking due to these being the first 2 clutches. I am so looking forward to seeing them hatch out. I am really hoping to prove out at least one if not all of the Possible Hets. with these eggs. I have already adjusted to make sure that if I need to mist again it will just be the substrate that gets misted not the eggs themselves.

Is there any point where I would see the snake moving in the egg when candeling?