Help...Strange looking eggs! Pictures!

I keep my hatchrite drenched so the humidity is 100% but the eggs are ona plastic grate (substrateless) so they do not come in contact with the water.

As for the eggs. Watch them and only remove them if they completely colapse or begin to stink. Id give them a chance at least.

If it is too wet, take the eggs out, do not rotate them, and add more vermiculite......no water.....mix well....place eggs back.......the dry vermiculite will absorb the water, and therefore, lowering the overall humidity.

Jason

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Originally Posted by BaierBalls

I was under the impression that even 100% humidity was not too high? And my substrate was moist...but I could not squeeze any water out of it....I don't think...have incubated 100's of bearded dragon eggs with this same vermiculite/water mixture with great success. But maybe it is...if this is the case...what do you suggest? Just make up new tubs with less-moist vermiculite? The humidity stays around 90% within the entire incubator, not just in the tubs.

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Really high humidity is good, but a lot of moisture touching the eggs is bad.

This is where substratless method comes in as the best alternative. Not worrying about mixing or too wet.

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

This is where substratless method comes in as the best alternative. Not worrying about mixing or too wet.

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That's why I use it.. I can mix as wet as I want to and not worry about it ;)

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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

I keep my hatchrite drenched so the humidity is 100% but the eggs are ona plastic grate (substrateless) so they do not come in contact with the water.

As for the eggs. Watch them and only remove them if they completely colapse or begin to stink. Id give them a chance at least.

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I think your main reason for the moisture levels is you are using a cement block with a screen lid keeping the tubs out of the water at the bottom.

You DO NOT need to keep the humidity up in the incubator if your using the vermiculite. Youve added too much moisture in the tubs and the bator. Drain the water out of the bottom and should help if not fix your problem.

Edit- Forgot to say that when taking temps from inside the egg tub you are causing more condensation inside the tubs as the outside air is warmer than inside the tubs. Thus causing the tubs to sweat, resulting in wet/sweaty eggs. I always recommend measuring the air of the bator as the eggs will heat up to the surrounding air.

If your girl kicked them out and did not coil them I would bet my left leg that they will never survive. I have never heard of an egg not volunteerily incubated by the mother being fertile, If anyone has I would love to hear of it.

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Originally Posted by Vilenica

If your girl kicked them out and did not coil them I would bet my left leg that they will never survive. I have never heard of an egg not volunteerily incubated by the mother being fertile, If anyone has I would love to hear of it.

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Where you read that. i got 2 that were roll outs not in coils. One is on day 40 and other is day 33 and both have baby snakes moving in them.

That statement is false is so many ways.

To me it looks like the eggs are sweating out. The area of the eggs where they look wet is moisture escaping the eggs. Causing them to dimple in because they are loosing moisture. Get some liquid band aid and paint that area to keep the moisture in. Most of the moisture on the side of the tubs is coming from the water in the bottom of the incubator. I placed a tub of water in the bottom of the incubator last year to keep the humidity up. Moisture started forming on the side of the tubs and side of the incubator so I took the water out of the incubator. The moisture went away and the eggs hatched with no problems. The eggs might have hatched with the water tub in there but I didn't want to chance it.
Trey