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Something is wrong!...very WRONG. Help!

here are new photos, However the cam is making it look too good.LOL you cant see How BRIGHT the yellow is. Its on about 6 eggs, the Bad egg looks even worst.Also why are they Denting in?

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What sort of container are you keeping them in? The latest pics look like a plastic grocery/deli container but not the sort that would stay airtight and hold humidity. That could by why your eggs are denting. I would use a Gladware, Tupperware, Sterilite, etc. variety of food storage tub with a lid if I were you. Just remember to "burp" the container periodically for air exchange.
 
You need to quit messing with them. Just leave them alone. The one egg is dead and is going to get real stinky and rotten. That is ok and will not hurt anything. Nanci is correct, the denting is caused my low humidity. Your substrate is not wet enough. You need to put a lid on it and leave it on so the humidity will climb. What is that substrate? Go back to the hatch rite. Be patient!!!!!
 
Seriously, listen to Wade. LEAVE THEM ALONE. If you punched additional air holes in like you mentioned you might, that would account for the decreased humidity, and the denting eggs. I know it's tempting to take off the lid and peek every hour. Trust me. I know. I was there last year. Once a week or once every two weeks for a peek and air exchange is perfectly fine.
 
Just a note, if you're incubating them as seen in the picture, you really should cover them right to the top with substrate. Ideally each egg should be mostly covered with a little bit sticking out to ensure good air. I incubated last year in air tight containers and only cracked the lid open once to check on them once they were getting close to hatching time. I don't think airflow is important, but contact with moisture is, if they don't have moisture available (like the top eggs) they will dry out.
So yeah, cover them up a bit, keep the light on tight. If some or even all of them die don't be too hard on your self, nature don't have a very good success rate at hatching snake eggs either. But you're eggs should pull though if they get the moisture they need. They will get a little more plump and be just fine.
 
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I have hatched many 100's of eggs. Your eggs looked very very good to start with. You should maybe put them back in the hatchrite, they really looked great in the hatchrite, now they look a little dry. The one egg that people have commented on is not bad at all, it is just missing some calcium on the end, and has a good chance of hatching just like all the others. I am not excited about you moving them around again, but they sure looked good in the hatchrite container in your first pictures, and they still look pretty good, all though a little dry now -- how old are they now? Brad Lichtenhan
 
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