This happened to me before. It was when I kept the eggs and their medium too moist, and the damned nematodes killed my eggs - they were coverign the eggs, like a fil, wen touched, they moved - disgusting. Some were clearly penetrating the shell, sticking out like a worm coming out of an apple. Last year, I couldn't get a single leopard gecko egg to hatch - this is why. I didn't notice until it was too late -all my leopard gecko eggs wer ein vermiculite, covered with nematodes (Ok, they might be some sort of tiny annelid worm, I don't know. Didn't see how they moved)



This is why I stopped using vermiculite.



NEVER had it happen with pearlite.

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• PLEASE READ** egg problems** - CSA, Mon Feb 6 21:02:42 2006
• RE: PLEASE READ** egg problems** - WillHayward, Mon Feb 6 23:58:06 2006
• RE: PLEASE READ** egg problems** - CSA, Tue Feb 7 00:14:59 2006
• RE: PLEASE READ** egg problems** - chaco, Tue Feb 7 01:30:48 2006
• RE: PLEASE READ** egg problems** - CSA, Tue Feb 7 11:28:53 2006
• RE: PLEASE READ** egg problems** - eric adrignola, Wed Feb 8 07:50:33 2006
• RE: Can't ya cook the vermiculite first? - PHEve, Wed Feb 8 09:50:45 2006
• RE: Can't ya cook the vermiculite first? - redoaksblues, Wed Feb 8 10:22:23 2006
• RE: Can't ya cook the vermiculite first? - eric adrignola, Wed Feb 8 11:08:10 2006
• RE: Can't ya cook the vermiculite first? - CSA, Wed Feb 8 11:57:28 2006
• RE: Are ya sure they are not fungus Knat larve ??? - PHEve, Wed Feb 8 13:12:11 2006
• RE: Are ya sure they are not fungus Knat larve ??? - eric adrignola, Wed Feb 8 13:23:34 2006
• warning about "cooking" vermiculite - lele, Wed Feb 8 15:38:27 2006
• lol! yup... - lele, Wed Feb 8 15:39:23 2006