I am so discouraged/mad...

[Ginevive]

Well, we had a clutch of 8 eggs in May.. only two survived, the others ended up turning orange/green, smelling bad and dying.
Now the second last one is doing this too; I just about cried when I looked into the incubator today seeing this. The other egg looks fine, still denty but nice and white; but I am just so freaking mad now. My incubator is a Little Giant (like a hovabator) and it keeps the temps great; I have 2 thermometers in the rubbermaid I keep the eggs in, inside the inc. I am using moist vermiculite like I should be, keeping it moist but not sopping wet, and the humidity is fine; what the %$#@ is going on here.
I am so discouraged right now.

[Aric]

Well, we had a clutch of 8 eggs in May.. only two survived, the others ended up turning orange/green, smelling bad and dying.
Now the second last one is doing this too; I just about cried when I looked into the incubator today seeing this. The other egg looks fine, still denty but nice and white; but I am just so freaking mad now. My incubator is a Little Giant (like a hovabator) and it keeps the temps great; I have 2 thermometers in the rubbermaid I keep the eggs in, inside the inc. I am using moist vermiculite like I should be, keeping it moist but not sopping wet, and the humidity is fine; what the %$#@ is going on here.
I am so discouraged right now.

did you candle them, are they fertile? The ones I candled that wernt fertile all molded and turned colors.

[Blu Mongoose]

Sorry to hear things haven't gone well. I hope your one egg hatches for you!

[Ginevive]

They both candled good, nice red veins visible in the shells, about 2 days ago. I always wear rubber gloves when I handle them; I am that paranoid about bacteria. I know that even chicken eggs, with their hard shells, can get bact infections if you even blow on them, so i am careful... grrr.
Thanks for your posts so far; I feel a little better already

[Kara]

Gin...I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing NEAR you when I say this, but LOL...you're on your way to being a pro herp breeder!

We ALL have perfect eggs that turn from sugar to shi...er, doodee at some point or another, for a multitude of reasons. Yes, it sucks to high heaven, but you are NOT alone.

If it makes you feel any better, I had one of my favorite females lay ONE good egg yesterday...all the rest were crap. Everything was dialed in perfectly (or so I thought), but she schooled me otherwise.

This is all part of breeding snakes, hon. "Some will, some won't, so what." I know it's probably small consolation at the moment, but this sort of stuff really is just par for the course at some point or another.

Hang in there!!!!!!!!

K~

[Adam_Wysocki]

Ditto what Kara said ... I just threw 6 moldy eggs in the garbage this morning ... Sadly, they're just not all meant to survive.

You'll do better next year for sure!

-adam

[jglass38]

Gin...I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing NEAR you when I say this, but LOL...you're on your way to being a pro herp breeder!

We ALL have perfect eggs that turn from sugar to shi...er, doodee at some point or another, for a multitude of reasons. Yes, it sucks to high heaven, but you are NOT alone.

If it makes you feel any better, I had one of my favorite females lay ONE good egg yesterday...all the rest were crap. Everything was dialed in (or so I thought) perfectly, but she schooled me otherwise.

This is all part of breeding snakes, hon. "Some will, some won't, so what." I know it's probably small consolation at the moment, but this sort of stuff really is just par for the course at some point or another.

Hang in there!!!!!!!!

K~

Words of wisdom right there! I think we all forget that this isn't a perfect science and just because we make things as perfect as humanly possible, sometimes the BP gods will just take a giant crap on ya! Hang in there Gin!

[Tybalt]

Sorry to hear about the clutch.


I wish you luck on the single egg. This might be your Golden Child.

KLG is right, this is the way to the big leagues.

It sucks but its true.

I will pray for the lone egg.

-Danny

[kavmon]

things happen, some are in our control, some are not. i was bummed when i came home to these.






vaughn

[Kara]

I just threw 6 moldy eggs in the garbage this morning ...

Talk to Kev about that, huh? He usually hucks them out back for the crows to eat...if a retic clutch goes bad, it looks like some f'd up sadistic easter bunny has been here to visit...

Sigh...

K~