Day 51...eggs are collapsed A LOT

So sorry to heart that. I'm sure there is not much I can say to maker you feel better but these things happen, its a lesson for the future at worst.

thanks, guys. it's very hard but i will move forward. my boyfriend has been very supportive. originally i thought he'd be mad at me for messing up the snakes :(

third baby came out slightly kinked, with a massive yolk. the cord was knotted/wrapped right around the snake and the yolk was dangling between the snake and the cord. there was nothing i could do.

I'm so sorry. It's never easy losing them. :(

Knotted cords, can be cut and untied around baby if still alive. They have a good chance to still thrive but its hard to say with anything.

It's ok. I know it's hard to see that at the moment but this happens. We had a unexpected clutch from a female we bought. She was skinny and off heat when we get her. Also had an RI. We had no idea she was gravid and neither did her previous owner. She gave us 5 good eggs. All looked good until they hatched. 3 mojos 2 normals. The male mojo had an over bite and a stub tail, one female mojo had a stub tail, the other female mojo looked perfect but had some neurological problems ( kinda like a spider wobble). The male normal was fine but the female normal had no eyes. As of today we just lost the male mojo and the one female mojo with the stub tail. They never would eat and had to be assist fed. They both stared swelling up and died about 3 days ago. The other female mojo is eating great and growing. She still has some neurological problems and will always be a pet. Pretty eyes ( normal with no eyes ) eats great and does very well with getting around. The other normal was given away as a pet.
So we know how you feel. But things happen so don't get discouraged. Hang in there and try again next year!

I lost an 11 egg clutch because I didn't know what I was doing. 11 eggs. I thought I was doing things right, according to what I had seen here. I was doing things substrateless, I had the eggs in a basket suspended over 2 inches of water in the egg box, in the incubator. Despite the fact I was positive there was adequate humidity in the egg box { how could it be any higher than directly over water } all 11 eggs dried out and collapsed. And because I was inexperienced I listened to my husband when he said things were fine, and we lost ever single egg. Not one hatched. I was devastated.

But you live and you learn. When I got my next clutch, I used a hygrometer IN the egg box to monitor humidity. Imagine my surprise when the humidity in my egg box full of water never went above 40%!! The lid sealed so poorly, it let all the humidity escape.

I layered the lid with about 4 sheets of plastic wrap, taped to the outside of the lid. Put the lid back in place and watched the humidity skyrocket. As long as I watched the hygrometer, I aired the eggs about once a week, and replaced the plastic wrap when I noticed mold flecks on it. I hatched 5 perfect babies from those eggs. So I too, learned a lesson the hard way.

This year I got smart. Everyone seems to love this stuff called Hatch Rite, and it claims it's idiot proof, so I should be able to use it! :P So this year I'm going to try about half of my clutches with Hatch Rite, and the other half substrateless like my last ones.

Gale

I am so sorry to hear about your clutch. :( I can't even imagine how painful it is for you. I'm glad your boyfriend is being supportive. :hug: