Yeah she did coil around all of them except one obvious slug. All the eggs looked great at laying. One went downhill in the first week. I candled the ones around it and they are fertile. The mold has now spread to three surounding eggs and I have started to wipe it off and use lotrimin powder.

And I agree about the handling. I sterilize my entire incubator and all the containers etc that will be in contact with the eggs. I only touch the eggs to put them in the incubator and I wash my hands well before touching them. Thats why I am so hesitant to do anything about the mold, I almost feel like opening the container and messing with them every few days is just as bad for the clutch as just letting the mold go and seeing how many I end up with.

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• Eggs and Mold - zach_whitman, Tue Apr 21 01:11:18 2009
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