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eggs dehydrated?

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I am concerned about my very first corn snake clutch. It is from my snow motley X snow stripe pairing. 17 eggs all looked good when layed on Mon. 4-6 (first 2 pics), but have dented since then. I am using a hovabator with plastic tray filled with water, rubbermaid container and vermiculite wetted just enough to squeeze out a drop in a handful. The first two days I placed the lid on the container but left just 1 corner slightly lifted. I checked on them Wed and saw that they were beginning to dent. I sprayed the edges of the container (not the eggs) to add water and placed the lid completely on the rubbermaid. Today, Friday, I checked on them again and were a little worse. They are still nice and white (reguardless of the bad pics), but I can't figure out what is going on. Any thoughts, suggestions?

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The temp and humidity reading looks good!

You could try covering them with blanket of damp sphagnum moss or damp paper towels. I use paper towel and I also heap the damp vermiculite up around the clump, so that only a tiny portion of each egg is showing, (don't pack it tight though, just loosely pile it if you're going to try it), I started do that after reading that Rich Z does something similar (in fact I think he said he completely covers the eggs, but I like to still be able to see a bit of them) and I've found this really helps prevent dehydration :)

Good luck!
 
They do look dehydrated, but they may not be fertile to begin with. I do not know a lot about corn eggs, but gecko eggs can be laid pearly white and shrivel in a matter of days when they are duds. When I am sure my egss are good and they dent I actually take a baby syringe and place two drops of water right on the dent. I know people say NEVER do this, but it works great for me when things are too dry and usually only takes i or 2 times to correct the egg should it be fertile. I do it once a day by the way, but it's worth a shot.
 
happen to my corn eggs too... but I noticed that the dented eggs mostly the one that has no or little contact with the wet vermiculite.... I misted the egg and it recovered it fullness within 4~5 days...
 
I use a combination of heaping the damp vermiculite up round the edges of the clump, then covering it with a layer of damp sphagnum moss.

Do persevere, because they can recover from being very badly dehydrated. Last year I rescued an unexpected clutch that looked worse than your pics, and many of them went on to produce healthy hatchlings.
 
Thanks for the advice. I tried the damp paper towel method starting Friday and they are recovering nicely!

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I like putting slightly damp moss on my eggs, much like what's in your lay box. It helps retain humidity/moisture for the eggs without over-doing it.
 
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