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Does anyone have any pics of eggs/hatch boxes with too high and too low humidity?

I am incubating my first clutch of corns and am concerned. I used a "recipe" that should have been on the dry side but I was having condensation on sides and lid of box. I read this was a sign of being too wet and I removed a large portion of the vermiculite and replaced it with dry vermiculite. It cut down the condensation considerably but I still got it on the bottom of the lid. Now one of the "good" eggs is showing a discoloration patch. Also 2 or 3 of the "good" eggs have slight indentations.

I'll post pics later. Any info is greatly appreciated.

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
0.1 Pacific Gophersnake(unproven Hypo)
1.0 Amel Pacific Gophersnake
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat

I wipe condensation off the underside of the lid to the egg boxes with a paper towel every couple days when I check on things and air out, sometimes it's really wet, other times it's pretty much bone dry, I think it fluctuates with the atmospheric conditions. Little dimples and imperfections and small discoloration spots are nothing to loose sleep over, every egg can't look perfectly smooth stark white oval, doesn't mean they won't hatch and be perfectly healthy though. Relax, don't over analyze, and in 60 days Christmas will come, the worry will be over and you can do the happy dance.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com

...very bad picture quality. The camera wanted to use the flash which made everything white and when used with no flash this was what I got.

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
0.1 Pacific Gophersnake(unproven Hypo)
1.0 Amel Pacific Gophersnake
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat

Hello in my years of incubating eggs ive lost very few to a higher grade moisture level. Corns are especially tollerable to a wide range of humidity since they span across the united states. I actually have mine a lil on the humid side, but to keep the condensation from directly falling on the eggs i cover them with sphagnum moss. it keeps the eggs dry to the touch but moisture is all around them. but some keepers like to be on the dry side for their own reasons (which are great reasons) but you really shouldnt worry too terribly much it seems like your set up is good. well hope this helps and good luck with your brew of eggs

warm humid air rises and meets a colder surface, it will always condense into water droplets...only real way to lower condensation is either have more ventilation or reduce humidity. As corn snake eggs do need about 100% humidity, the container top just will always have condensation.

I typically keep the humidity in the incubator high by using a wide dish of water (actually its a plastic loaf pan like deli dish thing I kept when I bought a pasta dish from the grocery store..its about 14" long by 4" wide by 3 or 4" deep...I half fill it with water and place it just above my heat cable I have at the bottom of the cooler I use for incubating. The eggs are in a deli dish with lid on a shelf above this.
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PHLdyPayne

i wet the moss and ring it out so its just barley damp and check it on occasion and mist if need be. I also just sit the eggs on a shelf in the reptile room.
Tom