Egg Emergency!!!!

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I shined a flashlight into the slit and saw the embryo. It moved.

I don't imagine it will matter much whether or not you cut the shell. But I'd bet you'll be glad you did if you do so you can watch the baby inside.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if they all make it.

Im not so sure about the egg with the detached/weak veins. We will have to see. Thank you so much to everyone here. You all are awesome! I'll update about the eggs as they continue to incubate. I did not cut a window as I figured the egg had endured enough. It was neat to see the baby inside. I got a good look at it. I saw the beginning of the eyes in the alien heads. So I think its a normal. I sure hope the plastic wrap works. I guess we'll see.

Dude those pics look like a cat eye peeping out of the egg. Looks pretty crazy. Anyway, good luck with the clutch! I hope they turn out alright. The seran wrap trick seems like it would probably be an awesome idea. Thanks for that one Tim!

Wow, the first thing to do is get rid of the cat! haha

I'm really not a fan of cats... but seriously, great job on setting them back up. I hope they pull through for you!

Hope everything works out! I'll surely be checking in for updates! Good luck!

My girlfriend asked me why I put a lock on my incubator (It's a wine fridge)...with only the two of us being in the apartment.

Well...we have 5 cats...
so you tell me why.

Good luck. Hope they hatch for ya :)

Sorry about the mishap. Looks like you've got everything under control now, though. :) If you're going to use glue anywhere on the egg, I would use super glue gel. It dries really fast and there really aren't any fumes to speak of as soon as it's dry.

I ended up using gorilla super glue. It had fumes and I hope everything is ok. A few of the eggs are developing detached veins and little blood spots where the veins once were. I've seen at least 3 embryos move, but im worrying about the loss of veins. The incubator is still warming up slowly. Its sitting at 84.5 now. Im going to.check on them in the morning and update.

Wow, I would have been a basket case!

I think so far you have done everything exactly right. Just wait and hope. Babies are sometimes more resilient than we give them credit for. Nature has a way of planning for certain emergencies.

Gale