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bobl
at Wed May 21 09:35:23 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bobl ]
I've been closely watching a few of my YT eggs as they were the sickliest looking 3 of the group.
We had a couple of very hot days here and then super cold nights so I figured the sickly looking eggs would cave in and die for sure.
I checked them this morning and the egg that looked the worst over the last 3 weeks looked small, saggy, and brown.
This particular egg always had a cottony looking mold on it from time to time, which I'd treat and also turned red on one area!
I figured "what the hell it's gotta be dead" so I took it out to look at it. It felt saggy, but the shell was dry not wet or moldy and it didn't smell as did the other eggs I'd thrown out before.
I was so pissed that I almost threw it out, then I thought I'd cut it open to see what it looked like inside.
I took a razor blade and made a small incision in the shell.
Expecting rotten egg yolk to come out I start to see some clear fluid then yellow yolk with VEINS in it! SH!T!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I get the yolk back into the egg and quickly push the sides of the egg together.
Remembering that Dean taped up one of his eggs after a breach in the shell I tried to do the same thing, but I didn't think it would seal the slit enough as clear fluid was still seeping out from time to time and wetting the shell.
I dried the area of incision and super glued the seam.
It worked awesome except for one pin hole that I couldn't dry good enough. The entire incision was sealed except for that pin hole and the fluid kept seeping out!
A few more failed attempts and I figured the egg had lost too much of the fluid so I gave up.
This is the SUCK part of it. When I cut the egg open I found a perfectly formed white/pink embryo all coiled up with huge black eyes!!!!
My heart just sank! I killed that poor little YT like a SH!T HEAD! To think, that little egg survived mold, temp spikes, too much moisture, being too dry, my moving it around from container to container to fix the vermiculite, only to be taken out by me!
I should have known it might still be good because it never got that green mold on it, only the light, cottony looking mold. All the others that died got green and smelly.
It just looked so small and crappy looking compared to the others that are now twice the size and white/yellow that I figured it was dead.
I'll get pics of the embryo for you guys. When you see it you'll be bummed just because it was so cute!
Sorry for the long post! I'm REALLY pissed off and bummed out right now.
Thanks for Listening
Bobby
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 I'M A DUMB ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - bobl, Wed May 21 09:35:23 2003
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