My first CG egg is 88 days old. It is on damp vermiculite in a box with holes. It has grown in size, but has had mold on it. The temp is about 74 in the day and 69 at night. Any suggestions?
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egg on day 88-do anything?
phalgirl
Mar 23, 2005 08:20 AM
Replies (3)
drkfantasy
Mar 23, 2005 08:58 AM
Mold is not a good sign .However on occasion the mold appears due to touching the egg, watering directly on the egg ,nutients in the substrate ..ect
Leave it be until the egg starts to smell or collapses in on itself. You might get a baby yet.
I opened a egg at 95 days once. Inside was a very sad shriveled up deformed baby ..it was alive but had no chance of survival .Its cluthmate was fine. 17 years in law enforcement hasnt hardend me enough to not feel terible as I nursed the poor thing for 2 days until it died. I will in the future always let nature take its course .Millions of years of evolution seems to know what its doing.
reptileking90
Mar 23, 2005 04:42 PM
Yeah, it is probably infertile not a huge deal some of my first-time breeders will lay an infertile egg before they lay some good ones. Mold is almost a definate sign, saying that it is no good.
Derek
phalgirl
Mar 24, 2005 09:03 AM
Ok, I guess I will open it and check it soon. 89 days seems like a lot to me. How many days at reg. room temp (74 days, 69 nights) do you leave the eggs before opening them up? The baby should have been formed by now from what I have read.
