Hello there. I would appreciate some advice.
My husband and I recently had our very first clutch of BP eggs. I've been so excited, as I've been raising up my males and females since babies and working hard to make sure everyone was fit and ready for the last 3 years.
A couple days ago my normal female (bred to a banana and a champagne) laid 9 beautiful, perfect eggs for the very first time. No slugs! Thrilled, I placed them in our incubator.
We were rushed in doing this because we had guests and were scheduled to go out of town for an overnight trip with them. Because of that, somehow the thermostat never got plugged in and when I checked on the eggs right when we got back I was absolutely devastated to find the incubator reading at about 135 degrees. To say I'm crushed about it would be an understatement... I feel like all that hard work has been wasted and I feel awful that one of my females gave so much effort only for our idiocy in that one moment to seemingly ruin it all.
To top it all off, I candled the eggs right after and each one had gorgeous veins. They were perfect!
Is there any possible chance of them being okay now that we've corrected our temps? The eggs look fine, but there was a smell that I'm not sure is normal as this is our first clutch.
Should I continue to incubate them at all or just toss them?
Thanks.
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