I don't recall what your group consists of so help me here. Are they all females or do you have a male? If you have a male, how long have you had him?



Now, If an egg molds moisture isn't the only thing that can cause it. It is possible that that egg was bad and even if a clutch is fertile there can still be slugs (infertile eggs) and they will mold. If one egg molds and the rest don't look moldy or discolored, usually orange/pinkish or yellow shell, then you need only to remove the moldy egg and leave the rest. For instance, my Skywalker laid a nice clutch of 16. Ten of them molded and got slimy orange/pink color within the first week. I tossed the 10 and the 6 are still hanging in there. I am still not certain that they are fertile or not but one is getting larger so they may be. They are 1 month old now.



So, you removed the moldy egg and removed the cover and the shoebox cover. I find that if the substrate is too moist lifting the cover of the egg container will allow it to dry adequately without over-drying. If the eggs start to collapse from drying out and you catch it soon enough, within 24 hours, sometimes you can rehydrate them by adding a little moisture to the substrate and re-covering them. This doesn't always work but if the eggs are viable it certainly is worth a try as it sometimes is effective.





I hope this little bit of info will help you with the confidence to be able to succeed in hatching a clutch. Hopefully Daisy will be laying again and you can see a clutch to full term!
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