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okay. heres the deal. 11 eggs 10 connected in a circle, 1 seperate. The 1 seperate is turning brown and mushy, I do not know if the skin is broken. On the ten connected eggs, the end one is molding, but aside from that is white and not collapsed at all. the one next to it is the same as the separate one. I tried to separate the one in the circle that is brown and collapsing, and get rid of it so that mold or whatever would not spread, but I did not want to wreck the next egg, wich is fine, along with the other seven, aside from slight collapsing. My question is this: is it safe to separate them if necessary? does the brown egg pose a threat to the egg next to it? What about the mold on the end egg? The egg looks fine other than the mold, do youthink it is possible that the mold was only growning on the outside and can be cut off? Might the egg still hatch?
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Let there be Lizardz.
- Scott

Don't mess with the eggs that are connected to each other. If the separated one is definitely infertile, chuck it. A little mold on the outside of an egg that is still plump and white, will do that egg no harm.
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tricia

I assume that these are corn snake eggs. If not, what species?

How many days have the eggs been incubating?

What incubation medium are you using? And how much of it is there (weight)?

How much water did you mix in?

How far in the incubation medium are the eggs? Buried? Sitting on top? Halfway in? Other?

How are the eggs stuck together? Shell against shell, or is there sort of a string between the egg ends? How much area is stuck together if shell against shell?

Separating eggs is possible to do though not 100% safe.

Mold generally means the eggs are too wet. Dimpling in generally means they are too dry. I'm trying to understand the apparant contradiction.

IMHO, an egg that turns brown has little hope of hatching. Mold isn't good, but the embryo can survive if close to term. I have never used fungicides; someone else may have a recommendation.

Paul Hollander