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Hi all,

Just found this one on the ground yesterday, upon close inspection; there was a hairline crack on it, what's the best way to seal it and what chances it has if fertile?

Thanks a million!

Just incubate the egg with very high humidity. I have read about python eggs that have cracked (I mean are wide open) been incubated successfully. If you want to seal it I would go for some liquid band aid. You should be able to find it at your local chemist. It is pretty cool stuff - parents use it for sealing cuts on their kids.

Good luck with hatching.

Just a little teeny tiny bit to seal the crack (like smear a tiny bit over the crack). That should seal the egg and avoid mold. A friend of mine used that trick whenever he found cracked eggs when he used to breed tortoises professionally (meaning, tons and tons of eggs).

Good luck!

DO NOT USE aquarium sealant! The superglues and liquid band aid products dry almost instantly with NO odor.
Also DO NOT raise the humidity as this causes the eggs to expand and thus aggravates the situation.

any reason you say not to use aquarium sealant? I'm apt to believe this guy over you. Nothing personal, but he used it many times with positive results, and he's a bit more experienced.

I have read somewhere (And seen photos) of a python egg that exploded during incubation. They had it suspended in their incubator and you could see the snake slowly grow. It was amazing, but I have been unable to find the same photo again.

I would avoid super glue as it might burn the egg, but band aid or Silicon will seal the egg - I have read somewhere you can use scotch guard - but you should remove it during hatching.

The egg is a living thing with a porous shell (That is how the egg breaths) and it should be able to fight off any fungus attack.

Good luck with the egg.

>>...Good luck with the egg.

It would be a miracle if it hatch, wherethe the studs did a lousy job or me hadn't in tune with it's diapause...this odd one looks kind of roundish instead of that classic oval shape, but at least she burried it! So I got to go thru the blind-fold steps while keeping my finger crossed!

Thanks again! Renardv,

No offense taken...
I would prefer Liquid Bandaid or Superglue over aquarium sealant for many reasons.
First, although I have heard that others have used it with success in the past, the obvious odor that aquarium sealants release cannot be good. Also, it takes a long time to set up and is VERY messy to deal with.
As I mentioned, Superglue and Liquid Bandaid dry instantly, are easy to deal with and dry very hard. They are also easier to add layers to if needed. In addition, both of these products are used in hospital emergency rooms to seal wounds on humans. I really doubt that you will hear of aqaurium sealant being used on people.
So for me common sense dictates the glues over the sealants.

Thanks MayDay,

That's an excellent point! I hadn't thought of 2nd or 3rd layers of these 2 you mentioned when Sillicone sealant seems have a thicker priming property other than the odor and its required setting time.

np

Thank you all so much!

I really like to try them all but this one's a single-pooper

I got all the tools you guys recommended but when I try on the supermarket (el poyo?) eggs ; the sillicone (aqua seal?) smells kinda HIGH (woweee!) and it picks up those vermiculite right a way making it an instant Ferrero Rocher™ which my toddler is eyeing on it

Liquid skin™ bandage is kind of bubbly, perhaps because these eggs just came out of the fridge has moisture on it! I wonder if its medicinal property penetrates deep into the wound and becomes my babytort's b**t-crack? should he/she ever come out

The monkey glue (loco?) has a pokey smells, too, but it dries quickly, I got the feeling it will seeps and bond with the flesh and that baby will roam around with a build-in calcium-store on it's back or belly that will save me some trip to the feeds store for sure!

In the mean time, that son of a gun still sits tight in the plastic tub, it's been 2 days now since it was discovered, so meeniminee here I go...