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eggs eggs help please!!!

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i have my 4 eggs in a homeade incubator.
two of the eggs are 60 days old and collapsed.
one almost two weeks ago. the other a few days
ago.

this is gross. i took the bad egg out and it was a little oval.
i didnt think it would hatch the whole time. wasnt even sure
if she mated.

i cut open the egg and there was a little black and white striped tail!
the egg was getting a little mold but the inside looked dry. if it was
alive it would move right. i cant stomach to cut the rest open and
was afraid i killed him. but its been collapsed bad.and he would move.
right?

i never had a humitity gage untill now. it should be 80 right. the others look
good. will the other dented hatch? thank you
 
If the baby was alive it should move. Give the egg a good sniff, if you notice an odor the egg / baby are definately dead. If the other egg is in same condition, it's probably dead too. You can either wait for mold or give it a sniff test and if you notice an odor, open it. A lot of things can lead to death in full term embryos including temperature extremes and moisture levels. You may want to recheck your moisture levels and temps. If you suspect that moisture levels are off, you can remix the water and substrate. I've had good luck with the .8 parts water to 1 part perlite by weight. You can get a cheap postage scale at Office Depot and some Walmarts to measure out your water and substrate.

-Alice
 
do you think the humitity was to low and they couldnt get out?heres a pic and the tail faced up. i didnt know to mark it but knew to keep it the same way it was laid. did i turn it mabey transfering and candleing. i cant belive they were fertile.
the dad died right after i figured out he was a male. i didnt have him long and i think it was impation from the owner.
he was patternless and mom is albino.
i feel sick looking at it.
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thank you. i have a good digital scale. how should i mix it?
if the perlite weighs 1lb mix .8lb of water is that correct.
thank you for the quick response!
 
The perilite weighs one pound? Thats an enormous amount of perilite! The stuff is feather lite! What you want to do is weigh your egg container first. Then weigh the container with the amount of perilite you wish to use. Subtract what your container weighs and this is your perilite weight. Next mulitply that amount times .8 and add that much water. I usually get the total of what it should weigh with water and all and slowly poor the water while the egg container with perilite is still on the scale. That way you can stop right at the appropriate amount. Hope this helps ya. If you need any further help you can shoot me an email.
 
Take some perlite and put it in a bowl. Pour some warm water over the perlite. Take a handful of perlite and squeeze it till you can't squeeze anymore water out of it. Put it in your incubation container. Do that until you get enough perlite water mix to fill up the incubation container. You are all set! That it is how I fixed mine and I have 34 babies sucesfully hatched andabout 18 more in the inc.
 
wow thank you everyone. i got it now. great link to!
 
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