When I notice eggs starting to collapse (which for me are usually the eggs that are on top of the clutch, having no contact with the substrate), I place a damp/wet paper towel over the top of the egg container, but not touching any of the eggs. I always pick an egg container that is slightly taller (~1-2"than the height of the clutch. The wet paper towel serves as a "lid" to the container. Since it is wet, it sticks to the sides of the egg container well requiring nothing else to secure it. Also, place the egg container inside a shallow pan filled with distilled water. Make sure that at least one corner of the paper towel "lid" is submerged in the water of the pan. The paper towel will wick water up from the container and raise the humidity of the egg container without getting the eggs or the substrate wet. When I've done this, I usually see the collapsing eggs inflate right back up. If they've collapsed too far, however, or if it is too late in the incubation period, you may not see much improvement. Don't worry too much though, as I've seen even severely collapsed eggs hatch just fine. The hatchlings from the collapsed eggs just seem a little smaller than the others.

Good luck,

SSSammy

[ Show Entire Thread ]