3 Week Update on Eggs (advice needed)

[Taceas]

My Motley laid these 13 eggs on June 6th, not bad for her first time breeding. All eggs fertile, and still appear to be so. But I have a few concerns about a few of the eggs.

Some of them are developing more clear patches on the shells. These same eggs also appear to be developing odd shaped protrusions. All of the questionable ones are in the same container, while all of the good ones are in their own separate container.

Is this indicative of too much moisture present? The moss feels more moist in the odd eggs' container, than in the good egg container. I haven't seen any mold growing on any of the eggs so far.

Are these eggs starting to go bad, or is it just something I need to fix? Id est, do I need to let them dry out a bit and see if that helps?

Any advice you all have would be great. Here are pictures showing what I'm talking about.

The "good" eggs:
<img src=http://www.mainecoon.net/~rain/Snakes/3weekGoodEggs%20(Medium).JPG>

The "odd" eggs:
<img src=http://www.mainecoon.net/~rain/Snakes/3wkQuestionableEggs%20(Medium).JPG>

Closeup of Clear Egg (pic 1): You can see the veins inside in this shot.
<img src=http://www.mainecoon.net/~rain/Snakes/ClearEgg1%20(Medium).JPG>

Closeup of Clear Egg (pic 2):
<img src=http://www.mainecoon.net/~rain/Snakes/ClearEgg2%20(Medium).JPG>


P.S.

Kudos to pinatamonkey for telling me about Microsoft's Power Toy "Image Resizer". Without that, these pics would be 300kb each.

 

[Taceas]

What the...

Ok, I've tried this 8 times now. And my pictures won't show up. There's nothing wrong with my server, as I can post them to other websites and they work fine.

I did everything the way I've always done it..and no pictures this go around.

Did I do everything right? =(

 

[pinatamonkey]

Oh yeah, something I should have mentioned...

For some reason, VBullitin won't display the images if they have ( or ) in the file name?

Since html is enabled, you can use that to post the images

(HTML for images is < img src=URL > without the spaces)

 

[Taceas]

Phew...

You saved my computer from another verbal abuse session tonight.

Thanks again for the help. =P

 

[carol]

Too much moisture....
Most eggs have some weak spots, the amount and size of them probably depends on mom's genetics and nutrition. The will bulge out like that when there is too much moisture around them. When they soak up all that water they expand and of course the weak windows don't hold the pressure as well as the rest of the egg and stretch out a little more. They should be OK. I'd leave them how they are and not add any more water for a couple of weeks provided thier container is covered.

 

[Darin Chappell]

Carol,

Has it been your experience that eggs with too much moisture will be OK so long as they do not rupture, or is it possible for the babies to drown in their eggs from this?

TIA!

 

[moreptiles]

Carol

You recommended to not add additional water? I know in a previous post that Rich mentioned that his mixture for incubating eggs is 5 or 6 cups vermiculite to 1 cup water. Do you see a need to add additional water during the incubation period? Under what circumstances?

Also, I have heard that if water drips on the eggs directly, for example from the lid of the incubator or by putting water on the egg directly, that this can lead to the loss of the egg. Have you ever heard of this, or had any experience with this?
Tks

 

[bmm]

You don't need to keep adding water unless its totally dry.

A humidity gauge will help you out. And just make sure the vermeculite is wet enough to feel wet but not dripping when you sqeeze it.

My incubation box is filed over halfway with vermeculite as described above. I have one air hole and I haven't had to add water in over three weeks now.

bmm