Worried about one egg - maybe two.

[Lolo76]

I was just posting in my other thread (Whoops... my roommate messed up!), and thought I'd start a new one about this issue. I just went upstairs and candled the eggs, added a TINY bit of water, and replaced the glad-wrap since it was a week old. Good news is that all of them have veins, even the one egg I'm really worried about.

But the bad news is regarding that top egg, since it looks really collapsed from the roommate incident - she opened the tub almost daily while I was out of town, misunderstanding my directions to open the incubator. They were all nice and plump after being laid, and now 3-4 of them look kinda sad and dimpled. Here are a few pictures, and I'd really appreciate advice on how they look! Will they still hatch fine, considering I see healthy veins and everything?

Top right is the one I'm most concerned about...




But they all candled nicely!


P.S. In case you missed my original thread, she laid 7 eggs (no slugs) on 6/22 - so it's now day 18.

[Tempestas]

It looks extremely dry in there could be a humidity issue,

[Wildman09]

Yeah, get that Humidity UP....With in a few days they should be nice and plump again....I'd keep that lid closed for like 2 weeks, let the humidity build up...Some breeders have gone as far as leaving the lid closed until the last week, and only opening for air exchange...

I wouldnt be worried as to losing anything, they candled nice...Just get that humidity up over or around 80%.

Good luck.

[Lolo76]

Thank you both! I added about a teaspoon (maybe less) of water earlier, and replaced the glad wrap nice and tight. I'll leave it sealed for at least two weeks, unless things are still looking dry next week - in which case I'll open just to add more water.

[Lolo76]

I wouldnt be worried as to losing anything, they candled nice...Just get that humidity up over or around 80%.

Btw, the humidity gauge is reading between 95-100... I do have it stuck IN the substrate, though, so I wonder if the ambient humidity is much lower.

[Jason Bowden]

From what I see, I think they will all hatch.
I'd use some more substrate and push it along the sides of the eggs. I use saturated vermiculite. It looks like you have humidity/ moisture problems.
I'll snap a pick of some eggs that should hatch next week.

[sho220]

How deep is the hatchrite?

[Lolo76]

One more thing, if you don't mind - sorry, I'm a total newbie! I also replaced the thermometer while changing the glad wrap, since the other one was doing funky things... the new one is reading 92 inside the tub, so I lowered the thermostat a notch to bring it down. Will that cause a problem, either from being at 92 for a while and/or lowering it now? And to clarify, I should be keeping the INSIDE TUB temps at 89, right??

[Lolo76]

How deep is the hatchrite?

Maybe 1.5 inches... approximately what they suggested on the package. Should I add more?

[Jason Bowden]

This how I set my eggs up. The ones on the bottom left were laid on 5-18-'10. The ones on the upper right were laid on 6-29-'10.(in my cheap but trusty hovabator LOL, it's time for me to upgrade!)

Of course, there are plenty people out there putting eggs on light difusers, etc., and getting the same reslts. BABIES!

I kinda put the eggs down in the substrate. You can see one starting to dimple in the bottom left clutch. They will do this when getting close to hatch date(5-18 clutch).