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mold
- Thread starter Lucas
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princess
Cornaholic
A big welcome to the wonderful hobby!
You can try a swab (q-tip or such) of chlorhexadine (an ingredient in many mouthwashes) and gently wash away some of the mould. I had one egg mould that went on to hatch (into the pick of the bunch!) which was treated like this.
Is the egg with mould on it a good egg or a slug?
Mould is often caused by too little airflow. It's tricky sometimes finding the balance between keeping the humidity up and keeping enough air flowing so that mould can't form. Keep us informed.
You can try a swab (q-tip or such) of chlorhexadine (an ingredient in many mouthwashes) and gently wash away some of the mould. I had one egg mould that went on to hatch (into the pick of the bunch!) which was treated like this.
Is the egg with mould on it a good egg or a slug?
Mould is often caused by too little airflow. It's tricky sometimes finding the balance between keeping the humidity up and keeping enough air flowing so that mould can't form. Keep us informed.
mold happens on occassion, and it is not neccessarily going to have any negative impact. minor mold blotches on healthy looking eggs is not a problem, and I would be very weary of applying antifungals. When I asked similar questions of my veternarian, he described to me eggs that had turned five different colors with mold, and hatched out fine. He also pointed out that application of antifungals can kill as many eggs as it might aid.
You don`t mention what type of mould your dealing with.If it`s the geeny/blue type i`d go ahead with the listerine(or similar product) on an ear bud/q-tip. Just dip the q-tip into a little listerine and gently apply to the affected area.I`ve had no probs with mould this year thank god but the listerine worked great at abating the greeny/blue mould on a couple of eggs last year which went on to hatch fine(noted that they may have done so anyway).I think i only had to apply it twice during their incubation( a few days between applications).If it`s the white fuzzy type it`s prob due to excess moisture in which case you need to perhaps add some additional substrate or temporarily let them air for a bit.You could use paper towels to soak up excess moisture if thats the prob.You want to keep the eggs in very humid conditions but they should not be wet.Hope this helps-Good luck.