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    Eggs candling green?

    Hey all,

    This is my first time posting here. I was hoping to get some insights from some folks on here about something I'm seeing with a clutch of mine. This is an 8 egg clutch from a pairing of Lemonblast X Enchi Mojave Spider that was laid on 4/19.

    I've been candling my eggs about 2-3 times/week to keep an eye on things, and just recently one of my larger and healthier looking eggs began to candle green. I've attached a picture of it below, as well as a picture of a normal egg for comparison.





    As you can see, the veins all look really good, and everything else about the egg looks healthy/normal, aside from the fact that it is so green. There is also plenty of movement in the egg (no more or less than ordinary). The picture probably doesn't even do it justice, but the egg looks like its from Krypton.

    Any thoughts / suggestions on what could be causing this would be extremely helpful.

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    Sarah

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    I have never seen this before. Hopefully someone out there knows.

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    Re: Eggs candling green?

    I have never sen it first hand, but check this link out.

    http://www.iherp.com/Answers/Reptile....aspx?Id=29772

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    Re: Eggs candling green?

    Quote Originally Posted by joelouis821 View Post
    I have never sen it first hand, but check this link out.

    http://www.iherp.com/Answers/Reptile....aspx?Id=29772
    Thanks. I've read through that thread, but it didn't look like the issue was ever positively confirmed (though the baby did seem to hatch, albeit a bit softer and weaker than its siblings).

    Really curious as to what the issue may be, considering how rare it seems. I'll try to keep this thread up to date with pics as the eggs progress.

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    Re: Eggs candling green?

    Wow I've never seen anything like that, it looks like your about to hatch an alien snake lol

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    Re: Eggs candling green?

    My sarcastic hope was that the egg only turned green like that when you've hit a 5 gene snake . . . I'm guessing that's not it . . . I just hope the little guy comes out ok.

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    Re: Eggs candling green?

    Or else I'll bring the ham!

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    I'm wondering if it is some sort of bacterial growth inside the egg?

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    Okay, after doing a whole bunch of searching (I am very curious). The egg "white" of an egg is called the albumin. Inside the Albumin is a higher then normal level of B2 which cause a green (glow in the dark) tint to eggs. It is not super harmful. B2 is essential to blood cell production. There is no smell to the egg and should incubate as normal.

    I also read somewhere that it makes the shell harder and turns the albumin into a gel like substance. It can also "stain" the yolk green.

    I am not 100% sure of this though, if it is or is not the issue. But I thought I would throw it out there and you can research it yourself if you feel up to it.

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    Re: Eggs candling green?

    Quote Originally Posted by BCS View Post
    Okay, after doing a whole bunch of searching (I am very curious). The egg "white" of an egg is called the albumin. Inside the Albumin is a higher then normal level of B2 which cause a green (glow in the dark) tint to eggs. It is not super harmful. B2 is essential to blood cell production. There is no smell to the egg and should incubate as normal.

    I also read somewhere that it makes the shell harder and turns the albumin into a gel like substance. It can also "stain" the yolk green.

    I am not 100% sure of this though, if it is or is not the issue. But I thought I would throw it out there and you can research it yourself if you feel up to it.
    Wow, thanks for the research, very interesting. I'll have to do some more reading.

    Sounds like, if it is this increase in B2 levels, that I maybe shouldn't be too worried, as it doesn't seem too terribly harmful and there probably isn't much that I can do anyways.

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