Hey Guys,
I'll get right to the point.
TLDR: My eggs are turning green and going bad in my first 2 clutches. Pics below.
I had my first clutch in May. I was super excited. Cin Pin x Cin Pin.
I pulled 5 white (and sort of bumpy) eggs and 1 slug. Candled them and saw veins.
Placed them in a Tupperware shoebox, pearlite with water (followed a ration I found online) on a light diffuser. All the standard operating procedures you see online.
Because the clutch was a surprise, I made a homemade incubator out of a cooler filled with water bottles and a large heateR placed between the layers of water bottles.
One by one per the next few weeks they all started turning green and going bad.
Okay, I thought. Maybe they weren't actually fertile.
Just had my second clutch and these eggs actually look really bright clean white and candle with some nice veins.
Follow same procedure but this time I try vermiculite instead of pearlite.
Go in the other day and now another egg from that clutch is going bad. The rest still look good though.
It's really heart breaking TBH because you only get 1 shot every year or two per animal.
IDK what I'm doing wrong here. I have read and read and read and researched and watched hours of YouTube and I'm following all of the basic, known parameters, verifying temp and humidity, using clean tubs and fresh substrate ect.
The one thing I will say, I have noted heavy condensation on the flex seal when I go to check on them and it was obvious that some water was dripping on both clutches. not a Ton, but some they did have water marks particularly on the top egg.
I placed paper towels over them to try and remedy this.
Other than that I can't contemplate what I'm doing outside of the parameters.
Any ideas on what I can change or at least what is going on?
PICS:
FIRST CLUTCH A FEW WEEKS IN WITH EGGS STARTING TO GO BAD.
FIRSRT CLUTCH STILL GOING BAD (EVENTUALLY THEY ALL WENT)
SECOND CLUTCH THE DAY I PUT THEM IN. (6/7)
SECONF CLUTCH ABOUT 18 DAYS LATER. (CURRENT STATE)
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