is the egg going bad?

[ADEE]

my cheerio egg

[LadyOhh]

Its molding.. Clean it off, Get some liquid bandaid and put a tiny layer on it where the mold is, and hope for the best.

[ADEE]

any suggestions for cleaning it off? lol.. silly question i know but i dont wanna screw it up. Also, what if no liquid bandaid? we would need to go get some.

any suggestions to prevent this from happening again?

[LadyOhh]

When I do it, I just use a papertowel and wipe off as much as I can. Nothing else. (I'm paranoid of using chemicals on the eggs, so I don't, but I have never not, so maybe someone else has advice)

If you plan to breed, liquid bandaid will be your friend, so invest in some

As for it not happening, it is something that just happens. The egg may be just bad, so you can't prevent it...

[ADEE]

the egg cleaned right up fine.. there is obvious damage to it though we will be going to get some liquid bandaid in the next few minutes. i did take new pics of how it looks. BBS with that.

[mlededee]

It may not have been fertile to begin with. Keep it until it turns to mushy cheese just in case, but don't worry about it if it goes bad.

Sometimes mold growth on eggs is due to too much moisture in the incubator, but if you are using the right ratio of perlite/water or hatchrite you can simply wipe condensation off of the top of your container once or twice per week and that will take care of it. You just don't want the condensation dripping on the eggs.

[ADEE]

Thanks Emily...

Here is an updated pic i took near the window, you can also see how that other egg is doing hoping they were fertile to begin with

[LadyOhh]

All you can do is watch and wait.

[mlededee]

Yeah, I'm not too sure about the other egg. See the darker circle around the pink part? That shouldn't really be there and it's odd that it is visible through the shell like that. I wouldn't hold my breath on either of them, but you never know. The good news is that leos are fairly productive as long as they are in good breeding condition so you'll get plenty more eggs.

[ADEE]

thanks Emily and Heather.. I think any experience with them is worth it.. even if they dont make it, we will have at least some experience under our belt with eggs before the BP's have theirs. Considering we have moved and everything else with this little clutch i wasnt expecting much.