one of my females laid eggs about 2 weeks ago, when she did i didnt have any vermiculite so i used a perlite soil mixture. well today i looked at the batch and noticed little brown spots where the perlite was touching. i rushed out to a garden place that i found out had vermiculite, (30 min drive) to get some to switch them over. while i was moving them over i noticed on every egg that where ever the perlite was touching it looks like mold. has anyone ever had a problem with perlite causing this? im hoping that switching them over will save the eggs knowing that mold will kill eggs. any help would be great.


Also. i am using a hovabator incubator (with fan), 84 degrees spraying them every 2 days but not with too much water.

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• Brown mold spots on eggs - jeffk, Tue Mar 24 21:59:29 2009
• RE: Brown mold spots on eggs - laurarfl, Wed Mar 25 07:00:41 2009
• RE: Brown mold spots on eggs - darksidedragons, Wed Mar 25 13:02:11 2009
• RE: Brown mold spots on eggs - BDlvr, Wed Mar 25 15:08:20 2009
• RE: Brown mold spots on eggs - jeffk, Wed Mar 25 16:30:04 2009
• RE: Brown mold spots on eggs - laurarfl, Wed Mar 25 16:46:36 2009
• RE: Brown mold spots on eggs - jeffk, Wed Mar 25 22:25:00 2009
• RE: Brown mold spots on eggs - PHLdyPayne, Fri Mar 27 16:46:36 2009