We Have Touchdown!

[SatanicIntention]

And seven at once!

Miranth, 2600g female, laid these either Saturday night or Sunday. They all look good, no boob eggs, no windows, no denting/wrinkling. I weighed her afterwards and she was around 1950g, so nice, good-sized eggs, right? Temps are holding steady at 88.5 and the tub doesn't have any condensation in it(egg boxes are air tight).

Oh, and yes, I about peed myself when I saw :-D



Mom:


Dad(who is only 10 months old, 800g, and a huge fatty Muahaha):


Thank you for looking!

[xdeus]

Congratulations Becky!! Those eggs look GREAT, as does mom and dad.

[dr del]

Lovely plump looking eggs - and dad is a total sweetheart by the look of him.



So when does mom get her celebratory rat?



dr del

[cueball]

Awesome noob Ecky


Now the hard part

[SatanicIntention]

Haha, I don't think it will be hard. Thank GAWD there's a window in that door, otherwise I really would have had a seizure or something :-D

So do they look ok?

[SarahMB]

I know I don't have to tell you how thrilled and excited I am but....

OMG BECKY, LOOK AT THOSE FREAKIN EGGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I am actually crying right now. Now I almost feel like I was there when you first saw them. I think I would have passed right out!

55 days is too long to wait, who came up with that rule? I don't think I can make it that long!

[tigerlily]

Isn't that first sight of eggs awesome?! It looks like Miranth did a great job, as those eggs look perfect. Now the REAL countdown begins.

[cueball]

The look AWESOME!!!


The only suggestion I have is fill a small container of water, place it in the incubator for a couple of hours to steady the temp and then fill the substrate all the way to the grate with the water.

[SatanicIntention]

Well, the grate is sitting on the vermic/perlite, and water is sloshy in there. Should I remove some of the substrate because the uppermost egg is about
| | that far away from the top of the lid?

I can always take the other tub out, remove some of the mixture, add a bit more water(warmed water that's been in the incubator), and quickly move the eggs to that one? Or are they ok?

[cueball]

Or are they ok?

I think if you just add water to what you have already so that the water sloshy level is up to the bottom of the grate you will be perfect