Surprise eggs!! Just when im down n out with the flu!!

I will get pics up later this evening ... As for right now I am rushing around trying to get everything done that I should have done a week ago!! .... Incubator has been running for two weeks however I dropped the ball with having the vermiculite ready and up to temp .... In addition I have been down and out pretty bad with the flu for about a week and today I checked on my girl to find her wrapped around 4 maybe 5 pearly white eggs :eyepoppin .... My only concern at this point is that I don't know how long ago she laid due to being bed ridden ..... It could have been this morning or it could have been as far back as 5 days ago (tub heat where eggs are over the tape is always 89-90℉)... As of now I have the vermiculite mixed and in the incubator, I'm going to give it about an hour then check the temp and if all is good then I am going to transfer the eggs over .... I think I'm a little more worried than I need be but can't help it as this is my first clutch and the thought of the fact that I possibly screwed this up has got me on edge ... Any info anyone has on similar situations would be appreciated .... I will follow up with pics on this post after I get the eggs safe and sound in the bator ... Thanks in advance!a

First, congratulations and breathe. These snakes have been doing it for millions of years and believe it or not, without our help. As long as the eggs aren't collapsed from being too dry they will probably be just fine. Hope you feel better soon and looking forward to some little worm pics in about sixty days. You think a week with the flu is rough, wait until day 52 and your still wondering what's inside.

Just relax first of all. Hope you start to get over that flu bug soon. As long as she is wrapping the eggs and your heat and humidity are within normal ranges just take it easy. You have the incubator ready so be careful taking her off the clutch and careful transferring those eggs. It's normal to be excited and nervous at the same time so welcome to the club. Lol.

Okay .... The eggs are in the incubator ... They have some mild dimpling .. I candled all 6 and all 6 have veins .. texture of the eggs felt just like notebook paper, with that being said .. give me the good, the bad, and the ugly on the situation please .... I got two pic's of the eggs but ofcourse in my nervous about the situation state of mind I forgot to get a pic of her wrapped on the eggs along with forgetting to weigh the clutch :rolleye2: ... I already got the third degree from my girlfriend who is out of town and couldn't be here to see our first clutch ... But here are the two pics I did get
http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...pshog9htal.jpg
http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/...psqjrquf8m.jpg

Looks good. You may even see a little bit of the dimpling go away now that the humidity is higher. Best of luck to you.

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Originally Posted by rlditmars

Looks good. You may even see a little bit of the dimpling go away now that the humidity is higher. Best of luck to you.

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That's what I'm hoping for .. thanks :gj:

Great news, Congrats!

Get well soon

Just checked on the eggs, they've been in the incubator for 17 hours now .... I couldn't get it above 52% lastnight so I covered both the little vent holes I put in the tub and I'm only at 60% this morning ... I'm thinking my vermiculite/water mix may be a little light on the water side, I'm thinking I'll just mix another batch in a new tub and probably won't put vent holes this time, then transfer the eggs once that tub gets to temp .. just wanted to check for other thoughts and suggestions before I go messin with them again .. thanks in advance

It's probably better not to keep jostling the eggs around so I wouldn't recommend doing another tub. Just close off any vent holes with tape, cover with press n seal but add a little bit of water first. I usually do a 300 gram water to 250 grams vermiculite mix or 6 to 5 ratio if you will. That has worked for me through the 6 clutches I have hatched. It's a small sample size but it is 100% success hatch rate so far. I've only lost 1 animal out of 40 eggs and that was to a twisted umbilicus as I don't cut.

As long as she is wrapping the eggs and your heat and humidity are within normal ranges just take it easy

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Originally Posted by rlditmars

First, congratulations and breathe. These snakes have been doing it for millions of years and believe it or not, without our help. As long as the eggs aren't collapsed from being too dry they will probably be just fine. Hope you feel better soon and looking forward to some little worm pics in about sixty days. You think a week with the flu is rough, wait until day 52 and your still wondering what's inside.

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Just wanted to drop an update on this thread,

First off, rlditmars, you could not have been more right .... They are now on day 55 and I am about to pull my beard out and I look at the eggs through the incubator glass probably a minimum of 10 times per day :rofl:

This incubation has went verbatim to every documentation I have read on the process, the only issue I have had was some minor mold that I noticed on day 44, but that was easily resolved with some athletes foot powder, I believe the cause of the mold was due to some wine that had soaked into the wooden handles on the shelves in the incubator (it was a non working wine cooler that was given to me) and when I spiked the humidity during operation as an incubator I believe that the wine stored in the wood seeped out and started the mold process as that is the only other place other than on the one egg that I found mold, but all is good now.

The top two eggs (I did not separate the clutch) started to dimple about day 50 and are currently well deflated so I am expecting them to pip with the next few days the other four I noticed lastnight were visibly starting to dimple, this I am taking as verification to an article I read relating to eggs in the top of an incubator pipping faster than eggs lower in the incubator even tho there is only really several inches difference in elevation.

Well all that being said, this is my first breeding and I'm learning, but I am paying attention to detail and soaking it all up :gj: It all started from a normal male pet and that stemed to this site so I could make sure I was properly caring for him and well, you guys know how it goes from there :rofl: Thank you to everyone that has helped me out along the way so far and to everyone who has also posted their experiences so we can all continue to learn and improve the hobby. I hope to have some picture of some fresh little worms up within a week :gj:

Hey goodluck with the last couple of days of waiting :D must be almost to exciting als I am waiting for my first clutch which I expact around march 17th and i almost can't stand still cause I am that exited!!

One thing that was not said in the update or original post.... what's the paring that you're eagerly waiting for to hatch?

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Originally Posted by Sirensong26

One thing that was not said in the update or original post.... what's the paring that you're eagerly waiting for to hatch?

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It's a bumblebee X pastel pairing