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Bad season, or did I screw something up?
I realize bad seasons happen, but geez this is only my second year breeding. Last year I kind of chalked it up to my inexperience, since I only got one clutch. So this year I was a lot more diligent about the pairings and tracking and such. Well, all my girls have either layed really late or not at all, and of those clutches I've gotten so far, more than half have been mostly slugs, with only a single or a couple good eggs. Only 2 clutches out of I think 7 have been good, 5 good with 2 slugs and 9 good with 2 slugs. Now here's where it gets bad and I think I may have been the one who screwed thing up. I had issues last year with keeping humidity, so I went to sealed containers this year. I was venting them at least once a week, if not a little more, and the eggs looked great. Now I'm in the middle of moving, had a clutch hatch during the move, and forgot to vent the container when I noticed heads poking out. Stupid mistake on my part, and it cost me 2 or 3 hatchlings. I have also apparently lost a bunch that died just prior to hatching in different clutches. Looked like some may have had the umbilicus wrapped around them, but a lot never even pipped. The clutch of 9 had one die in the egg a few days before it was due, and lost 4 more that never pipped, even though I cut the remainder of the clutch as soon as the first two pipped. There are two left that seemed to be behind and are still alive, but I have no idea if they'll make it now. Only explanation I can come up with is a lack of sufficient oxygen towards the end. Or did I make some other obvious error?
Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?
Never argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with their experience.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
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