had 6 eggs 2 definite slugs my question is one of them the tip is dark than rest is white does this mean the egg is good or bad? i would say 1/4 inch of the egg is dark? thanks for any info.
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bad eggs questions??
ballfreak
May 09, 2011 11:47 AM
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jaymiller242
May 09, 2011 01:01 PM
If the rest of it looks good I would treat it just like the rest of the good eggs. A lot of people have had some pretty rough looking eggs hatch out. I had a strange clutch last year where a couple of the eggs came out with the boob ends on them here they were discolored in a brown and yellowish color and 2 of the other eggs from the same clutch were connected to one another like a sausage string. I was wondering if I was only going to have a half of the clutch hatch and 2 months later all 8 hatched out healthy babies.
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Ophidiophile
May 09, 2011 01:24 PM
People have taken to calling what you've described "boob eggs". They do hatch though they usually yield hatchlings that are a bit smaller than those that come from fully, normally calcified eggs. I hatched one myself just a month ago and while the rest of the hatchlings came out at 58-60g., the hatchling from that egg was 44 g. But it's feeding great and has caught up to the others. So all of this is a long-winded way of saying - incubate it! 
BuzzardBall
May 09, 2011 02:08 PM
Still good!
ballfreak
May 09, 2011 05:27 PM
Well that's great news for me! My other question
Is please tell me that if the eggs are fully browned or
Yellowed and very small compared to normal
Ball eggs those are slugs are should be disposed? Cause
That's exactly what I did! Thanks to all!
jaymiller242
May 09, 2011 05:31 PM
Oh I cant believe you threw them away.. Good call...lol. Slugs, yes. Smaller and yellow to brown in color. Have a great season, Jay
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JEMreptiles@gmail.com from sunny AZ.
Lots of cool Ball Pythons along with
0.0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty and some great Bull snakes.
1.1 Argentinian Black and White Tegus
1.0 Gotti Pitbull (Tank)
2.0 Beautiful Bengals (Stryker and Cynbad)
12 Tarantulas
Last but most Important 2.2 Children
ballfreak
May 09, 2011 05:53 PM
:e why you!! Thanks good one!
amcroyals
May 10, 2011 11:32 AM
Always candle the eggs. Use a flashlight on each egg. If you see veins in the egg then incubate.
Good luck!
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jason
May 10, 2011 04:24 PM
Agreed. I candle every egg that comes out, even if it looks absolutely perfect.
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ballfreak
May 10, 2011 08:05 PM
Best info I got I will do that tomorrow! Thanks to all for your
Info it was all very helpful!
kingofspades
May 09, 2011 08:12 PM
The white ones are good, the slugs...well, you can tell.
(Ps, I googled this pic, so these are not my eggs)
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