One of my Sceloporus Occidentalis eggs have these itty bitty white bugs crawling on it. 2 of the 6 eggs have already gone bad and I suspect this eggs of going bad as well do to its change in collor from a little off while to more of a yellow. The 2 remaining eggs still look big and healthy. Should I worry about these bugs?
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Bugs on eggs?
jasonw
Aug 27, 2005 03:12 PM
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joeysgreen
Aug 27, 2005 05:17 PM
While you appear to be having egg woes, it could be due to many things... inproper incubation, unfertile eggs, duds, ect.
I wouldn't worry about the bugs, they are probably from the substrate and unrelated to any egg death. A better description of the bugs would help, but I havn't heard of any species that affects eggs.
Does anyone else have anything to add?
jasonw
Aug 28, 2005 12:03 PM
3 of the 6 eggs were in bad shape when I found them in the outdoor enclosure. The one with the bugs on it was fine up until about a week ago when I was looking at it under the light and found a wet spot on the shell. I figured I must have got a piece of dirt between my finger and the shell and breached it. I put it back in the incubator and it appeared to seal up and still be fine but then it started to loose color and the bugs appeared. I found last night that the shell is slowly denting. I think they should be hatching soon so I wander if the denting of the shell is not do to the individual getting ready to emerge or if the eggs is no longer good.
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