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Hi,
I need some advice. My lizards eggs appear to be having problems. I had three and one started shriveling up, now one of the two is doing it. I have been keeping them at a humidaty in the low eighties. The perlite is damp. It has been aprox 54 days since they were layed. They are in a deli container without a lid inside of another container. When I had four eggs left, and one of them shriveled, and I knew it was dead I opened it up to check to make sure they were fertile and there was an embryo. The secound clutch is doing well, I had to get rid of two bad ones at the start but they are all nice and full. Any suggestions would be helpful

Thanks,
Morgan

ah, eggs, they will drive you absolutely batty until you get one to hatch. if they are shriveling at 54 days, they could be hatching, the egg sort of collapses on them as they dig their way out.

one thing i would change is i would have a loose "lid" for the deli container. i would take a side of a zip lock bag or a piece of paper and make a hole about the size of a quarter and then just rest that up on the deli cup.

i also keep water in the bottom of my incubator the whole time. between the lid and this, it seems like i am adding alot less water to the vermiculite than before. you don't have to do the water at the bottom, but i would highly recommend putting a lid on the deli cups

everyone has their own things though. congrats and i hope they hatch for you
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vonnie
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