Ok I have kept pygmy leaf, fischers and veileds over the years, but I am new to breeding. I currently have three Veileds(one male, two female) They are all in a 3x4x6 together.......just kidding!!!!



So really, Ive have had two clutches of eggs from diff females and they both grew white furry mold within a week of incubation.



The first batch was incubated in a tupperware container, with a mix of baked earth and coconut fiber. the eggs were yellowish to start off, but i figured it was worth a shot. i burried the eggs half way, pinching the media would release a moisture onto my finger but not enough to cause a bead of water. 6days later th eggs began to grow white mold.... then days later red/black specs started to appear all over. the specs grew in size and it became apparent that they were dead. Also the egg shells did not cave in at all so i dont think anything was happening inside as far as growing. i doubt this batch was fertile.





The second batch im pretty sure was fertile, either way the color of the egg looked better right off the bat, i bake some soil at 450 for an hour and moistened it, used a tupperware container and poked holes in the top. two days later the eggs began to cave in, i though this was a good indication that thet were fertile, i noticed white mold again on one egg? i did not remove the egg, but spaced it further from the others and covered the holes and added moisture, two days later half the eggs were back to normal but there was two or three with mold now. so i uncovered a few vent holes. a day later most of the eggs were back to normal. but there was 5-6 with that

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i live in so cal, so the temp isnt much of an issue. so i was only worried about the eggs drying or molding. I thought the eggs caved when dehydrated, and they molded when there was too much moisture. does it make sense for there to be dehydrated eggs, and molded eggs? doesnt moisture cause mold?

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had the white mold. ( ive read foot powder, but i couldnt find antifungal powder only spray, will foot powder thats not antifungal work if applied to the molded eggs?) i finally got my hands on some vermiculite, wet it rang it out, and when i pressed between fingers they got moist but did not drip water

then i tranferred the eggs. im guess it was too late because when i check the container a day later all the eggs were covered in white mold.





please anyone i feel terible im pretty sure the second clutch was viable. what am i doing wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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