Moldy Egg - When to Cut.

[BlckPhntm]

Ive cut plenty of eggs on day 52. Sometimes day 50 if its bad. Never had an egg go bad from cutting, they are hardier than you think. Use sterilized instruments and you will be fine.

[BHReptiles]

Ive cut plenty of eggs on day 52. Sometimes day 50 if its bad. Never had an egg go bad from cutting, they are hardier than you think. Use sterilized instruments and you will be fine.

I've got BRAND NEW scissors (never used) and lots of isopropyl alcohol and boiling water to sterilize with. I'm more concerned about the mold getting into the egg than the cutting causing the baby to die.

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

When you cut the egg, if you do it very carefully there will still be a membrane around the baby. If any mold falls in, it will not touch the baby until he pips out of the egg on his own.

If I recall you have applied glue to this egg? That will make it more difficult to pip out of the egg on his own.

I'm obviously for cutting at any time now....

[BHReptiles]

When you cut the egg, if you do it very carefully there will still be a membrane around the baby. If any mold falls in, it will not touch the baby until he pips out of the egg on his own.

If I recall you have applied glue to this egg? That will make it more difficult to pip out of the egg on his own.

I'm obviously for cutting at any time now....

You are correct. I put a layer of glue and then another layer of glue + anti-fungal powder. I know that baby can't pip on it's own...it's just trying to figure out when to cut to ensure that it can get out.

[MootWorm]

That thing is nasty!! Looks like an old potato lol. I'm shocked and pleasantly surprised that little fighter is still hanging on. I vote wait until the others pip. Or at the very least, 3 more days or so.

[BHReptiles]

That thing is nasty!! Looks like an old potato lol. I'm shocked and pleasantly surprised that little fighter is still hanging on. I vote wait until the others pip. Or at the very least, 3 more days or so.

I expected it to die a LONG time ago. Truthfully, I'm not expecting a living baby in that egg.

[loonunit]

Yeah, I seriously doubt the baby is still alive in there. Are there still veins when you candle?

[BHReptiles]

Yeah, I seriously doubt the baby is still alive in there. Are there still veins when you candle?

Never could see veins because it looked so gnarly.

I decided to cut the clutch...the WHOLE clutch.

The female was bred to a black pastel from October to December, a lesser from February - Ovulation, and then a pewter was thrown in a few times with no observed locks. I was banking on the lesser male nailing these eggs and I was just praying for ONE black pastel female...It looks like 8 black pastels and 2 normals...but I'm awful at identifying morphs. I will post pictures of two black pastels as well as pictures of the normal. I've been told by a couple of people that it looks pastelish...but I still think it's normal. Also below is a picture of the black pastel dad and what I discovered in the moldy egg.

Here is the black pastel dad:





Here are the supposed black pastel babies:





Here's the "normal":



And here is what I found in the moldy egg:



It had the consistency of a hard-boiled egg. There hasn't been a baby in there in a LONG time.

[loonunit]

Congrats on the possibly-black-pastels! They're not normal, that's for sure.

Yeah, that's about what I expected from that moldy egg. I had two eggs that looked better than that, and the babies probably made it 3/4 of the way, but by the time the rest of the clutch pipped, the babies had both died and the yolks were turning solid. And one of the moldy eggs contained an albino, the only one in the clutch.

[BHReptiles]

Congrats on the possibly-black-pastels! They're not normal, that's for sure.

Yeah, that's about what I expected from that moldy egg. I had two eggs that looked better than that, and the babies probably made it 3/4 of the way, but by the time the rest of the clutch pipped, the babies had both died and the yolks were turning solid. And one of the moldy eggs contained an albino, the only one in the clutch.

That sucks...hardcore!

I'm really surprised with the outcome of this clutch! I really wanted some lessers! But...I have a lot of black pastels or cinnamons (but they have the same granity pattern as the black pastel male she was bred to) to pick my holdback from!