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One of my corn snakes laid 9 eggs. Eight of them were bad eggs but one was decent size and a nice white color. I have it in the incubator and I am trying to keep it someone moist in there but the egg has sunken in just a little bit. I was wondering if anyone could give me advice. This is my first time incubating eggs.
Thank you
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1.1 Motley het butter corns
0.1 Snow corn
0.1 Okeetee corn
1.0 Anery mutt corn
0.1 Stripe Ghost corn
0.1 Amelanistic corn het carmel
2.2 Colombian Redtails
0.1 Striped Colombian Redtail
1.0 Hypo Colombian Redtail
0.1 Hogg Island Redtail
1.3.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Anery Kenyan sand boa
0.1 Normal Kenyan sand boa
1.1 Mexican Rosy Boas
2.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Banded kingsnake
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
3.0 Bearded Dragons
3.0 Leopard Geckos
0.2 Snow Leopard Geckos
0.0.5 Sulcatas
and lots of fish

Eggs cave in because there is not enough humidity. Under captive conditions, usually an egg is half-buried in a substrate of vermiculite or perlite. The substrate is dampened to the extent that it can be packed like a snowball. The eggs and substrate are often in a plastic container with either no airholes or tiny ones. When incubated in the low 80s under these conditions, there will be enough humidity for the eggs.

It sometimes takes a few days for dented eggs to become rounded again, so have patience and do not provide too much humidity, which can drown the eggs.

Tim

Third Eye

check humidity. Last year I had a couple trouble eggs. What I did was take a paper towel and get it rather moist. Put it over the problem egg. This year, I am using closed containers and then latting the eggs "breath" every few days.
I have discovered that a lot of the eggs that look good at the beginning and then collapse after a couple weeks (but the rest of the clutch is fine), have died during incubation. I cut open every egg that goes bad. You will see some that have a fetus in them. Not sure why they die. Maybe was misformed or something.
Anyway, hope the moist paper towel works. Last year, i would remoisten the towel every time it dried, until the egg took shape again. If it didn't after a bit, then it is probably bad.
Good luck
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****Misty****

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How long has the egg been incubating?

Regards... Tim of T and J

For about a week and a half
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1.1 Motley het butter corns
0.1 Snow corn
0.1 Okeetee corn
1.0 Anery mutt corn
0.1 Stripe Ghost corn
0.1 Amelanistic corn het carmel
2.2 Colombian Redtails
0.1 Striped Colombian Redtail
1.0 Hypo Colombian Redtail
0.1 Hogg Island Redtail
1.3.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Anery Kenyan sand boa
0.1 Normal Kenyan sand boa
1.1 Mexican Rosy Boas
2.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Banded kingsnake
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
3.0 Bearded Dragons
3.0 Leopard Geckos
0.2 Snow Leopard Geckos
0.0.5 Sulcatas
and lots of fish

How old are the eggs? Sometimes eggs dimple a bit just before hatch as well, at least in my expieirances..

Regards.. Tim of T and J