Egg Emergency!!!!

wow!!! good luck, they could very well all hatch!!! and it goes without saying.. but keep us posted!!!


(and holy cow, I had to STARE at those photos of the open egg.. I could swear there is a giant eyeball looking out!!)

best of luck to you man and I hope this second clutch will be better than the first one! I'm pullin for ya


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Wow this had been a great thread! I will definately keep that super glue and Saran wrap method in mind just in case. That by far sounded like the best option for the split egg. I'm amazed at the resiliancy of reptile eggs everyday. Please keep this updated with especially the progress of the eggs and how the bandage seems to work.

I checked on the eggs. 4/5 eggs still have good veins. The egg with weak/detached veins still has very small veins but I've got my fingers crossed. The split egg is looking well.

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It looks like you did a great job with the plastic wrap. I would not have used the Gorilla glue, as I would be too worried about chemicals possibly present in it, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I normally do not open my egg boxes very often at all, but just in case, I would try to get the lid off twicw a day for the next few days, just to make sure all of the fumes have cleared the box. Otherwise, I think you will have some great luck with this clutch.

Good luck, and I can't wait to watch the progress threads. Lastly, is the last picture above the split egg? I ask because I see the dent in the end of the egg. It may not fully inflate if it lost that much fluid, but I still think it will be fine.

Yes that is the split egg. Gorilla glue was the only glue I had in the house. All of the eggs except for the split egg have plumped back up.

And I would like to thank you all for your encouraging word and advice! You have been such a big help. Not only in advice for trying to save the eggs but keeping me calm. I will update as often as you like. They have 23 days left but im sure it will take longer because of this.

Happy Birthday!!

I hope they all turn out fine for you. My fingers are crossed!

Laying some plastic wrap over the torn areas is a fine idea. I'd do that and that only. I'd not use any of those "liquid skin" preparations you originally mentioned on such a wide area. When I've used that stuff on myself, it stings and it smells like a solvent.

As people have said, the eggs are going to hatch or they're not. My policy is to let nature take her course, so I leave in place everything except slugs or those that eventually turn wet, blue and smell massively bad.

I once did an experiment on a large clutch of Burmese python eggs where I (admittedly carefully) rotated eggs in various ways throughout the incubation period every three days. Of course, unlike you, I didn't bounce them off the floor :P Hatch rate was not adversely affected.

Good luck.

edit: Sorry, I see that it was someone else, not you, who mentioned the possible liquid band-aid treatment.

Did you kick the cat? ;)

No. I didn't kick the cat. She's old (18) and very clumsy. I have secured the thermometer cord and the incubator door though. The eggs are looking okay. Temperature is back up to normal. (88) I aired out the tub several times and the fumes are gone. At least 3 eggs have embryos moving around:cool: slightly. I think I'm going to try to leave them alone as much as I can. I don't want to bother them too much.