Mold on egg

[Raverthug]

I have an egg that is starting to grow mold on it. Is it due to humidity or something else? I had to throw out 2 eggs so fer because they were infertil and went bad.

[rafacacho]

How far into incubation are they? Do you see any movement inside? Re candle it...and clean the mold very carefully.

[MarkS]

It's usually not a good sign when the egg develops mold. A lot of times it'll stop on it's own, but you might want to clean the mold off. I know some people who have had good luck by cleaning the mold with a dilute solution of anti fungal medication (a small amount of water with a few squirts of athletes foot fungus medication) Dip a paper towel in this solution and clean off the mold well. Then paint over the spot with band-aid brand liquid bandage. I'm not sure how well this works, I usually just let the eggs take their natural course. For me this often means that they go bad, although like I said sometimes they just get better on their own.

[TheSnakeEye]

It's usually not a good sign when the egg develops mold. A lot of times it'll stop on it's own, but you might want to clean the mold off. I know some people who have had good luck by cleaning the mold with a dilute solution of anti fungal medication (a small amount of water with a few squirts of athletes foot fungus medication) Dip a paper towel in this solution and clean off the mold well. Then paint over the spot with band-aid brand liquid bandage. I'm not sure how well this works, I usually just let the eggs take their natural course. For me this often means that they go bad, although like I said sometimes they just get better on their own.

I did exactly what Mark mentioned as the mold did slow down, enough to go full term. Make sure your lid isn't dripping water on the egg.

[Raverthug]

will F10 work?

[BHReptiles]

will F10 work?

F10 is a disinfectant. You need something anti-fungal. You should be able to get some over he counter from the drugstore.

[snakesRkewl]

When you do substrateless you do not need seal a meal unless the tub lid leaks like a sieve.

I would add water until it touches the bottom of the egg crate, lose the seal a meal and go from there.
If the mold gets out of control take some anti-fungal powder and sprinkle it on the wet part of the egg.

[Raverthug]

The tub does lead BAD. I had to use it after I had an egg become EXTREMELY dehydrated. I would like to see what every one says to do to get ris of the mold and save the egg.

[loonunit]

I paint liquid band-aid over moldy spots. But that's a large patch you've got there, you might want to try the anti-fungal wipe first.

For the record, that looks like a wet patch to me, like your tub is dripping water on that egg. I would shift that egg a half inch or an inch AWAY from the wall... and when you put it back in the incubator, I would put a small flat rock or something under one corner of the tub, so that it's tilted a little bit. That will cause the water beading on the top of the tub to slide to the lowest corner and then roll down the side, instead of plopping onto your eggs.

And I would set the lowest corner to be one that's nowhere near any eggs.

[Raverthug]

Ok so heres the odd thing. When I got the egg in my hands and candled it, It looked more like a thin spot in the egg that had bulged out. I went ahead and cleaned it and put a liquid band-aid on it just to be safe. We will see what happens. Its not due to humidity falling because the wrap was dry, Unlike my other clutch.