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    Assistance with removing Slug attached to Good egg !

    Long story short came home from work on Thursday and was in a rush because Wife had an ultrasound appt (Yes ! its the wifes fault lol). Now I got 4 good eggs and 2 slugs from a Pastel het pied x pied. My problem is the one slug is stuck to a good egg, in the rush I was in i just put them all in the incubator (4 eggs and the 1 attached slug). Now im not sure how to get it off. I tried to pull it at first but i didnt want to run the risk of ruining the good egg. And wow this is my first post on here in a while hope no one hold that against me from lending a hand lol

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    Re: Assistance with removing Slug attached to Good egg !

    I've heard gently working dental floss between them works pretty well? (But I'm still so worried about ruining the good egg. How big a risk is an attached slug?)
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    Re: Assistance with removing Slug attached to Good egg !

    Quote Originally Posted by loonunit View Post
    How big a risk is an attached slug?)
    Apparently IM going to be finding this out lol
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    It should be ok just keep your eye out for mold. If it starts to mold then you may have some problems. I tried incubating slugs before and left them in for 60 days LOL. Nothing hatched but they never molded up either.

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    Re: Assistance with removing Slug attached to Good egg !

    The mold is the main thing im worried about
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    In the past I have just cut the slug off leaving just a little bit of the shell attached to the good egg. If that makes sense. Basically cut off the slug wipe the goo away and your good to go

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    Syringe out the insides of the slug,
    When near enough empty, cut away all of slug except where attached.
    Using kitchen roll, dry the attached slug shell remains.
    Dab on a little athletes foot powder to stop bacterial growth.

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    Basically what I was saying but in more detail. Glad somebody's got my back before my coffee this morning Haha

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    Just leave it be. It will not affect any other eggs attached to it.
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    Re: Assistance with removing Slug attached to Good egg !

    I would just leave it

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