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My first clutch ever! But I have some questions

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canicemok

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Two days ago my girl finally laid a huge clutch with 21 good eggs and 2 slugs. I put them into a small box with damp vermiculite inside. The vermiculite can be squeezed into a piece but will not have water drops. The box does not have any hole on it too.

However, today when I check the eggs, I notice three of them having a slight collapse. Other eggs are in pretty good shape tho. Will it indicate that the humidity is not quite enough in the box?

Also, my female went into blue almost immediately and she refuses food now. Is it normal for female to resume feeding after her post lay shed?

Thank you!
 

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First of all, congratulations! First clutches are just the most amazing thing. :)

Yes, the denting suggests the eggs likely require a bit more humidity. You can take a damp paper towel (all the excess moisture squeezed out of it) and lay it on top of the eggs, or you can take some damp spaghum moss and lay it over them instead. I have a clutch that has been curiously sensitive to humidity and I've had to keep spaghum on them (and re-moisten it several times) the entire time they've been in the incubator. A day or two of that, and they should plump right back up.

As far as going off food, that varies from girl to girl. One of my girls is ravenous the day she lays, and yet another is greatly offended by food until after her post-lay shed. I try to offer them something small like a hopper the day after they lay then return to normal meal size a few days after that.

Good luck and welcome! What's the pairing?
 
LauRuffian said:
First of all, congratulations! First clutches are just the most amazing thing. :)

Yes, the denting suggests the eggs likely require a bit more humidity. You can take a damp paper towel (all the excess moisture squeezed out of it) and lay it on top of the eggs, or you can take some damp spaghum moss and lay it over them instead. I have a clutch that has been curiously sensitive to humidity and I've had to keep spaghum on them (and re-moisten it several times) the entire time they've been in the incubator. A day or two of that, and they should plump right back up.

As far as going off food, that varies from girl to girl. One of my girls is ravenous the day she lays, and yet another is greatly offended by food until after her post-lay shed. I try to offer them something small like a hopper the day after they lay then return to normal meal size a few days after that.

Good luck and welcome! What's the pairing?
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Thank you! I put some spaghum moss directly on the eggs and the collpased eggs are plumping right back up now.

The pairs are coral snow bred to a unknown het normal. Hope I can at least get some amel or anery.
 
Great looking eggs! I always cover with orchid moss, wrung out as much as possible. Just a one inch layer. That protects the eggs from any drips from condensation, and when the eggs hatch, you can push it off into the corners, and the babies that are out will go hide in it and not rampage through the still-hatching eggs, scaring them.
 
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