First clutch.......Problems!
ALright i just had my first clutch layed saturday(feb 28th). Well she layed them on wet newspaper as she was in shed.I never saw a prelay shed as she was imported.So i was not expecting anything until the end of march.Right from the get go i had bad problems with a lot of condensation.I read to take the probe out of the egg box.I did and still had problem.So i switched the eggs to a bigger box.The eggs are still getting wet.My mix was right i believe.Just wet enough to make a ball but fell apart easily.The humidity is at about 90% and the incubator temp is at 89.6.Is there anything i can do to cut the condensation down?Could i cover the eggs with papertowell until i can get it under control?
One egg has some off white slimey stuff on the top.What is that?One egg looks a little dimply but the humidity is pretty high.So what can i do?I can take pictures if it would help. Thanks
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I have a good way to mix vermiculite... 1 litre vermiculite should weight 200g with water in..
2 litre 400g and so on...
I would not put papertowell on them it will get wet..
I use this way to incubate my eggs.. (there is water in the bottom )
http://www.kongepython.dk/billeder/rugekasse.jpg
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Pics of the egg box would really help.. is the condensation on one sid of the box.
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are the dark areas on the eggs normal?
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the condensation is on all sides of the box.Ill snap a pic real quick.
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pmott1
are the dark areas on the eggs normal?
Depends it can be thin spots in the eggs which happens or it can be a wet spot that will mold if not dried off. Have to see it to really tell.
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The condinsation looks normal as long as its not dripping on the eggs. How ever the brown one on the right looks like a slug(dud) and the others look way wet.. I'd say get them up off of the substrate using some egg crate from Lowes and keep an eye on them
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Ok thanks,ill go grap some light diffuser right now.Yeh i belive its a slug.But its not firm like theyre described.Ive heard stories of pieds hatching out of half slugs so i just put it in there.
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Have you ever candle the eggs ?
it can be that the eggs is not fertilize and thats why they start to mold and shrink..