Lost a whole clutch today

Well, I was very curious why my clutch hadnt started poking their heads out yet. I had cut on day 55 and today was day 59.

Long story short is the mold that I thought was long gone weeks ago must have been hanging out in the vermiculite. 1 of the little guys was covered in it, and the rest were just dead.

Total out of 4 eggs I lost 1 normal, 3 pastels, and a pewter. I HAD TWINS!

I was going to take pictures to document this to maybe help somebody from making the same mistake, but I was just way to upset.

Oh my poor dear.

I am so very, very sorry for your loss. Words cannot express my sorrow and the pain I feel for you. How devastating it must have been for you to find. Please accept my sincere condolences.

Gale

I'm sorry for your loss! Keep your head up!

Wow, that's sad. So sorry :(

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I feel for you. Keep your head up.

That is my worst fear come true as I am sure with the rest of us. I am so sorry for your loss:( I would be completely devastated as well. Wish there was something I could say or do to make it better. Hugs

That really sucks, my condolences.

Dang that really sucks. I'm so sorry :(

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Omg... I'm so sorry. :(

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Sorry for your loss.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Just keep moving forward. We're all behind you :)

That sounds devastating. I'm very, very sorry.

Sorry for your loss :(

If you need any help on setting an egg tub up I'd be happy to help, just say the word.

Man that's just the pits. Sorry for your loss.

Ouch, I'm so sorry for your loss. : (

That's terrible, I've very sorry to hear about it. :( I have a male pastel and female cinny that I want to breed to make some pewters myself, so I can empathize. Twins!! Talk about a ball buster, again I'm sorry, and I hope that you hit on the pewter again next year.

I do want to piggyback onto this post/incident - I've never bred BPs but I've lost corn snake eggs to mold. I am thinking that when I hopefully get my first BP eggs next year I will go substrateless. Also, I read about everyone cutting their eggs and I always see warnings about not letting them dry out after doing this and also about how it opens up the babies inside for infection. I personally don't plan to cut any eggs, even once they pip themselves, as these guys have been getting out of thier eggs for likely hundreds of thousands of years on their own just fine. Do you think that cutting is what allowed the mold into the eggs? I sure hope not.

Aw I'm sorry :(

Awww poor little things. I'm sorry to hear this. Try not to be too upset tho, you did your best. Hopefully next time around you'll have the same or better odds with a better ending.

Sorry for your loss. That does suck

this thread seriously gave me nightmares.

Oh, god, that's heart-wrenching. So what was the story with the mold weeks ago?

Hey everybody sorry I've been away since the " incident" thank you guys all very much for the kind words. I guess I've just got to take it as a learning experience.

That sucks so bad :(

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Also, I read about everyone cutting their eggs and I always see warnings about not letting them dry out after doing this and also about how it opens up the babies inside for infection. I personally don't plan to cut any eggs, even once they pip themselves, as these guys have been getting out of thier eggs for likely hundreds of thousands of years on their own just fine. Do you think that cutting is what allowed the mold into the eggs? I sure hope not.

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This. Any input from more experienced breeders?

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That sucks so bad :(





This. Any input from more experienced breeders?

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I cut because of the stories I've heard about babies not being able to get out. It happened to my brother 2 years ago. I've only been breeding for 5 years, but I've cut on day 55 to day 59 on all my clutches. Waiting just kills me! You would think waiting 55 days, another 5 shouldn't be that bad.

As far as infections, I've been lucky. No molding on the eggs either. I have worried about them drying out though. Last year I had to pop a Bumblebee from his egg. He just didn't want to come out and started to stick to the egg.

Sorry for your loss:(

oh no.. that is terrible. so sorry for your loss.