Ok, we had 14 beautiful GTP eggs. White, big... had the incubator all warmed up at 88deg, got them safely from our female, I put them on slightly moist vermiculite in a container with airholes. Watched the temp like a hawk for 24 hours, open the container to check... they're all half collapsed!
The fan from the incubator was blowing INTO airholes on the lid... that was idiot mistake number one.
So I knew I had to CAREFULLY get them humidity so I re-moistened the vermiculite, wrung it out good, COVERED the eggs with it thinking they need moisture all around QUICK because they're so collapsed. Change containers, of course.
I checked them after 1 day and they were plumping up just a tiny bit and seemed fine.
checking them this morning suddenly they're kind of spotted like maybe they're going to mold. Holy frickin dog poop... Ok, so I UNcovered them, and just left them SITTING on the vermiculite.
Should I try cleaning the little spots with peroxide and water like I saw in one of the archives? Or is it possible they're just WET and not moldy. I do notice a SLIGHT odor... Not horrible but there.
I've hatched ball eggs and burm eggs before and caught problems and fixed some quick by watching them like a hawk... and I know a spot here and there is not the end of the world, but the rapid changes in these are alarming.
(I SHOULD HAVE LEFT THEM WITH THE MOM!! )
Thanks for any help you can give. -Colleen (And Chris, Colleen's boyfriend who wants to kill her right now because he thought we should leave them with the mom and thinks nobody ever touches their eggs so why am I messing with them...)
