My ball python laid eggs on Monday. I had a nest box set up with vermiculite with water on the bottom, grate on top of that and moss on top of the grate. She layed just fine - 5 good eggs with veins. I took the one egg that wasn't attached and placed it in the incubator and left the rest for her to incubate herself. 3 full days in the 4 remaining eggs looked horrible. They look wet and are very squishy and although I don't see any mold on them there is a moldy odor. I took her off them and placed the remaining eggs in the incubator as the 1 egg in there looks great. I candled the 4 eggs and they all have veins but 2 of them aren't great. The eggs themselves look funky to me. When I picked them up off the moss the bottoms felt really damp and the integrity of the eggs themselves feels more fragile. Is there any way to save them other than what I did?
They are on perlite in the incubator. I read I could possibly put more dry perlite around them some?
I didn't think they would go bad that fast but if they got wet I'm guessing it's possible?
I have another BP due to lay in about 2 months. Will be putting her eggs straight into the incubator lol.
This is my first experience with BP breeding. Hate to lose 4 of 5 eggs of a pied x pied breeding.