The last of my F1.5s are done.
I do not remember how many I started with right now, but I think it was 9 or 10. They were laid on June 28 or so. I lost three eggs a few weeks ago. They were collapsing and eventually got a bit moldy. I cut them open and they were fully formed but dead.
That left me with 2 left. I left them in the incubator at 73 percent humidity. They lost pressure but did not collapse. A few days ago, one of them collapsed. Last night the last one began collapsing. So, I cut them open.
The one that collapsed a few days ago was freshly dead. It appears to have died yesterday or the day before. In fact, a few times I thought I saw it move, but it was dead and just me twitching with the egg in my hand.
The one that collapsed last night is alive. It is a bit small and has a large yolk sac. Still, I have had most of them survive when I have cut them out. We shall see.
That said, one thing I noticed is that the dead one seemed stuck to the shell. Perhaps a result of dying a few days ago and the degeneration process. I do not know. Perhaps my humidity was too low this time (I have been criticized in the past for having too much humidity).
I used much lower temps this time too. The last few clutches were at 84-86F. This clutch was at roughly 81F, roughly what my very first clutch was cooked at in 2001-2002. Still, only one egg making it the distance in this clutch is disappointing, and there is still no guarantee he will live. I need to figure out why my success rate is going down instead of up.
I have one more egg cooking from another clutch. I have only one clutch from that clutch due to leaving them in the dirt for over a week before cooking them.
It has been suggested that it might be that my female is getting too old. I do not buy that reason, although it is comforting, so I will continue on with figuring it out. Ah well.
Here is a picture.
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^x^ Bloodbat ^x^
Monitors, monitors everywhere
and all the food they ate.
Monitors, monitors everywhere,
their parents loved to mate.
