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my mbk laid 11-12 eggs on monday.i posted pics a few threads down.my question is what makes the eggs start to collaspe?the temps are 79-81 and humidity is 65%.i have them on vermiculite.thanks
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1.0 aberrant cal. king
0.1 reverse spotted cal. king
1.2 mbk's
1.1 florida kings
0.1 anery brooks
1.0 hypo brooks
0.1 albino brooks
1.1 normal corns

Are they in an enclosed container? If so the humidity should be way higher.

Kerby...

i made a incubater,that is as high as i can get the humidity.i have a water bowl sitting over the heat tape to help with it.
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1.0 aberrant cal. king
0.1 reverse spotted cal. king
1.2 mbk's
1.1 florida kings
0.1 anery brooks
1.0 hypo brooks
0.1 albino brooks
1.1 normal corns

Everyone incubates eggs differently and this is just what I do. I found a clutch of 11 eggs laid by one of my wc Florida females that was severely dented as I found them at lease 24 hours after they were laid and she laid them on sani chips as she did not have a lay box in with her. She was not bred this year but she must have retained sperm from last year and laid an unexpected clutch, hence the dented eggs. Anyways I set them up in a gladware container as I do all my eggs and put them on very moist perlite/ you can use vermiculite/ and poked two holes with a needle in the top. The low ventilation works well when trying to raise the humidity. I then got paper towels that I made damp and then laid it over the clutch of eggs for 4 days until they plumped back up. They are now perfectly fine and have swelled as they will hatch in the next week or so. As I said this is what I did/do with dented eggs and the particular ones I was talking about were soooooo dented that I didnt think they would survive, happy that they did GOODLUCK!!!

Forgot to add that I keep all my eggs on a shelf in my snake room which fluctuates between 78 and 85 degrees. I don't use an incubator because I found that they hatch perfectly if just left to do their thing on a shelf in a room that fluctuates in temperature rather than being kept at a more constant one. I also find that I get more even numbers of males and females this way as when i used to use incubators I would get very high male or female clutches which did not favor me trying to make new hets and start new projects. This is just my experience

You still didn't answer the question. Do you have them in a container with a lid on them?

Kerby...

There are a lot of holes in that container you're using. You may need to cover up most of them with tape. You only need two holes that size for that container. Its the lack of moisture that causes eggs to collapse like that, unless they are bad but I doubt it. Be sure the vermiculite feels moist and not too dry.
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thanks for the replies.i will tape the holes and try the paper towels.kerby no i didnt have a lid on them,but i do now.thanks to all for the help.
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1.0 aberrant cal. king
0.1 reverse spotted cal. king
1.2 mbk's
1.1 florida kings
0.1 anery brooks
1.0 hypo brooks
0.1 albino brooks
1.1 normal corns