so my first ever momma BP laid her eggs a few days ago, and i opted to use perlite + light crate for the incubation. i have the water up to the bottom of the light crate, which is sitting nicely atop the perlite. the humidity is sitting at about 89%, and the temp is around 85-89. i may be dropping the temp in a few days though, as one of my corns has a clutch of eggs comin' within the next 14 days or so.

my question though, is it normal for the eggs to flatten out when using the light crate method? i picked up an egg today (the only one that wasn't attached to the rest of them) and noticed that it has definitely flatted out due to sitting on the light crate. does this mean i should push the light crate further into the perlite, so that the perlite fills up the grid holes? or is this flattening out normal. please advise!