Pastel Butter x Spider (Maternal Incubation)

Sorry for bombing your thread!! :( The eggs are at day 12 now. She laid a clutch of 7 eggs with 2 rollouts and 1 infertile egg (the one I just threw away yesterday). Her remaining 4 eggs look good though! And temps are always 87-90F with 80% humidity.

Today is Day 37 for the eggs.

Charlotte is leaning to one side but has the eggs completely wrapped. I've been a bit more aggressive with humidity lately, because a day or two ago the eggs seemed...smaller? Somehow?

Sometimes I think I should rename this thread: MMK's Descent into Insanity. :rolleyes:

Edit: Will add a new picture of Charlotte later today.

Pictures taken after misting, which caused Charlotte to uncoil.

Eggs are looking brown, dented, and weird. :confusd: The shells feel stiff, but will give a little when gentle pressure is applied.

The discoloration seems fine, but I worry about the eggs being too dehydrated. I added some wet sphagnum moss to the back corner of the tub, so it should be on the heating element.

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I removed her water dish, pushed the substrate up around the nest, and added a 6 quart tub half full of water to the front of her tub. (Thanks to Jerry at SRK for being helpful when I'm panicking, LOL).

Day 38.

Humidity is doing better, but I couldn't get a good look at the eggs.

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She's looking great! I wonder if the discoloration of the eggs is normal with MI?

I think the big dish was a good move :) she looks so awesome curled up like that!

The discoloration seems to be from the sphagnum moss, which I am told will dye lots of things.

And yeah, Jerry had a great idea with the 6 quart. I totally had a panic moment when I couldn't find any empty 6 quarts, then I realized my empty hatchling rack was sitting right there in front of me. :rolleyes:

And a little more of my sanity quietly slips away.

Eggs are looking better today. More plump. Hopefully the 6 quart of water continues to help.

This is utterly fascinating. I'm so excited for you, I can't stand it!