my girl consistantly lays 6-8 eggs, the temps are consistant at 75 and after about a month they start to go bad. I figure it is humidity so i have tryed the following. first i used vermiculite and some would fall to mold. last time i tryed the method of putting them on light diffuser pieces that are sitting on very wet vermiculite. therefor i have high humidity without the eggs coming in contact with the water or vermiculite. i still lost them. PLEASE someone help i will try any method that someone suggests. now i have hatched out her first clutch but have lost the last four. i guess i was lucky?
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Thanks Dawn
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cant keep my egs why?????
Chameleon996
Jul 28, 2007 03:25 PM
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crocking
Jul 30, 2007 11:34 AM
It probally is humidity. Use a ratio of vermiculite to water of 1:1. Weight the eggs and watch for weight gain. You keeping the eggs the same side up as they were laid? Raise the temp a bit from 75 to between 80-85.
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Clouddancer22
Aug 03, 2007 10:11 AM
I am not so familiar with cham eggs, but I have had success with wd eggs. Temps sound low to me - maybe they should be around 83 degrees or so? I place mine on MOIST perlite, buried 3/4 deep, with moss over the top so when I mist, the eggs don't get wet. When the perlite begins to dry out, I add a little distilled water down the sides of the tub, again so the eggs don't get wet.
