Advice on egg starting to mold

[T_Sauer]

Was checking on my clutch this morning and noticed a little bit of mold building at the base of one egg and the egg is also starting to discolor .... I took a q tip and removed the visible fuzzy mold from the egg and I moved the vermiculite back away from the area of the egg in question ..... The eggs are on day 42 incubating at 88℉ ... Is there anything else I should do?? Thanks

AND THIS IS AFTER I WIPED THE MOLD AWAY AND BACKED OFF THE VERMICULITE .....

[Stewart_Reptiles]

You can use Elmer glue on the moldy area or some athlete's foot type product.

At 42 days I would not overly worry, I have seen a little mold develop on healthy eggs that were in their last few days of incubation.

Have you candle that egg?

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[PitOnTheProwl]

Have you candled to see is it is viable?

[BigJay]

Direct contact with the wet vermactulite is probably causing this, i always see people using a cut-to-sized piece of plastic light diffuser to rest the eggs ontop of the substrate so it acts as a buffer

Direct contact may not officially be the cause of the mold but its worth it to get the plastic buffer in there in my honest opinion

[T_Sauer]

Have you candled to see is it is viable?

Yup, still got veins and they each have a shaded or darker area towards the bottom of the eggs, I am assuming this is the forming snake inside?

[Tigerhawk]

I would not worry to much about it. They are close to hatching,you don't want to do anything that might harm the eggs. If you must do something, I would use a little foot powder on the affected areas. Other wise just let them be.