Unexpected clutch, need help!

Hey everyone I'm new here so I wasn't sure where exactly to post this but I just started breeding and have been slowly collecting Balls to breed but my yellow belly just had an unexpected clutch (the guy I got her from didn't say anything about her being gravid or even bred) so I haven't checked on her since I tried feeding her last week so I'm afraid the eggs may be bad. I just found her around her eggs and immediately put them in the incubator after I got it set up with the vermiculite. I candled them and 3 of them look full of veins, 1 looks slightly veiny and one is obviously a slug but it's attached to a possibly good egg so I can't take the slug out, or should I try? Also two of them have weird yellow coning going on but they're still veiny. I've pretty upset I didn't find them earlier and I'm worried I'm going to lose them all. What do you guys think? I'll attach a picture of them (the thermostat isn't the right temperature by the way, I have it set at 87 degrees) I'm also not entirely sure how to upload photos but I think I did it.

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In my experience, the ones with the larger wet windows usually go bad pretty quick but it doesn't hurt to toss them in there too. Looks like you have pretty good chances at hatching out at least a couple snakes from that clutch if the eggs on the far left and right are veined. The top one looks pretty good too. I wouldn't hold my breath on the middle left and the slug is obviously a dud. Good luck!

Awesome, thanks so much! The left, right and top are the 3 that are very veiny and the one on the left center was partially veined. Will the slug end up rotting and turning the one on the right bad? If so should I try detaching it from the good egg? Or just leave them be? Thanks again for the response!

It's more risky to remove an attached egg, even a dead one, there is a good chance you'll tear the good one. Just let the bad one rot off. Good luck!

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Awesome, thanks so much! The left, right and top are the 3 that are very veiny and the one on the left center was partially veined. Will the slug end up rotting and turning the one on the right bad? If so should I try detaching it from the good egg? Or just leave them be? Thanks again for the response!

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The cuticle/bloom ought to protect your good eggs from bacteria/mold. It might spread to the outside but, as long as the egg is sound, it's not likely to penetrate and harm the developing embryo. This early though, I'd be tempted to remove the dud. It's going to get awfully smelly before your 2 month incubation time ticks off.

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Awesome, thanks so much! The left, right and top are the 3 that are very veiny and the one on the left center was partially veined. Will the slug end up rotting and turning the one on the right bad? If so should I try detaching it from the good egg? Or just leave them be? Thanks again for the response!

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Detaching eggs aside from they are first laid or at the very end of incubation when they are very easy to detached is not something I would risk.

Bad eggs that are molding do not affect good healthy eggs.

Case point a clutch a few days away from hatching (not the only one like this I have hatched the only one I documented to show the effect of molded eggs on healthy eggs)


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