First clutch ever!

[whispersinmyhead]

So for two days my smaller female was coiled perfectly on the warm side of her tub and I though thats cool she never does that for so long. So on the second day I took her out to realize she was coiled around four eggs! and oops my incubator isn't running (Though I had already tested it months ago). So this was also during a Canada day party we were having and I was well celebrating heavily so I rushed and got the incubator set up and once it was at temp I put the eggs in the egg tub and partied on.

Well what I failed to realize is I mixed up the power for my fan and heat and my temp maxed out during the night some time. I noticed in the morning the temp was 119f! SO I don't know if these eggs will hatch because they didn't make it into the incubator right away and then I overcooked them for a few hours . When can I candle them to see if they are good?

[whispersinmyhead]

Here is a photo if the eggs when I first put them in. They are a little lumpy not smooth like I was expecting. They look the same now after they were over cooked. I hope they are ok.


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[ElliotNess]

Hope it turns out ok ...

[Ladybugzcrunch]

You will know within 5-10 days whether the eggs are dead. They will start to discolor and look wet, then mold, then stink. They will turn from soft to rubbery inside. I hope they will be okay but 119 is awfully hot.

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

The eggs look OK. I have had a few viable clutches of eggs that look the same..... not at 119F though. High temps early in incubation are not very forgiving.

Keep them stable at 88-89F from here on out and pray for the best

[kc261]

Lumpy bumpy eggs are most likely fine. Eggs left with the mother for a while are most likely fine. Lots of people are starting to do maternal incubation all the way until hatch.

I'm not so sure about 119F temps. I hope they are ok.

[ZacharyPoller]

119F I hope you didn't cook them! May the snake gods bless you.

[whispersinmyhead]

Thanks everyone. I am expecting a second clutch and it is the one with a possible BEL in it so although I hope this clutch makes it the good thing is at least my setup is ready for the next clutch.

I can't believe I let such a simple mistake happen in the heat of the moment. I agonized over everything just to rush and make a mistake. Should have just waited until the next day in a sober atmosphere. Lesson learned.


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[CD CONSTRICTORS]

Should have just waited until the next day in a sober atmosphere. Lesson learned. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Most snake "bites" occur in an intoxicated state

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

1). Did you place the eggs in the incubator as your fired it up from ambient temp? Ramping heat up from ambient of 80F or so to 119F takes several hours.

2). How many hours are we actually talking before you resolved the temp issue while the eggs were in the incubator?

3). Did the egg tub actually hit 119F?

If the incubator temp sensor read 119F and the eggs were only in that environment for a few hours, you may get lucky. Coming from the mom the eggs were probably 86-87F depending on rack temps. They would take several hours to reach even 100F in the tub.

Less than 6 hours and I'm guessing you are probably going to be lucky!!