Quote Originally Posted by GoldSheep View Post
BTW, I think what people can take away from this is that when an egg is collapsing too early and it's in a pile to try to separate it gently and then prop it up in the vermiculite, especially small eggs... And yes, that moldy of an egg when no room to candle is probably close to dead.
. Well, one thing is for sure. You have my deepest sympathies. However in the scheme of things and the way they unfolded here I think you were between a rock and a hard place in that the egg was underdeveloped (age ) for the intervention that you were proposing. This intervention was very risky and no guarantee that it would've changed the outcome. We (breeders) have all lost eggs and hatchlings along the way, it happens and the viability and sucessful hatching of a egg or a clutch of eggs is something that we don't have the final say on. Hope this helps somewhat.