I posted the following as a reply to a very old message... wanted to make sure as many people as possible got to see it, though...

JY, thanks for the help!!! I got a separate container and some pure vermic at a local garden store and set up the incubator the correct way.

I transferred the remaining eggs like I said before, and they kept dying. Well, three of them made it through!! No new mold, no slick see-through spots...everything seemd to be going well.

Once a week, I checked the humidity and temp (both stabilized at 99% and 90 degrees). When I checked the environment, I'd candle the eggs really quickly too, to make sure they were still growing. Well, about a week ago, I stopped being able to see through the eggs, and started getting a little worried. Then, at the beginning of this week, the eggs started to collapse, and the top of the incubator was constantly coated with condensation.

I bet you can guess what's coming next...

I checked today, and two of the eggs were empty. The third has a little head poking out of it!!! Not sure yet if any of them are pastel, but the two that are out had some serious blushing in the head and in between the saddles, pluss little to no darkening in the yellow areas... It will probably take a few sheds to know, though.

Thanks again for all of the awesome and timely advice. My first clutch in an incubator... 3 of 8 isn't the best hatch rate, but I'll chalk that up to rookie mistakes. Besides, I like to think of it as nursing 3 back from what would have been a doomed clutch.

Dave.

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