I went out of town for a 3 day training seminar last week. When I returned last Thursday night, I found one of my eggs growing mold. I guess I made it a little too moist to compensate for not being able to check on them for 3 days. I've been wiping it down with a q-tip dipped in hydrogen peroxide every other day since then. Everytime I check on it, the mold is getting stronger and growing in a larger area. The other 6 are totally healthy for now but I'm having my doubts about this one pulling through. This is only day 19. I have at least 5 weeks left. Has anyone else ever been able to get an egg in this condition to hatch alive? Should I keep working to save it (which I will anyway until there's absolutely no chance) or should I just expect that it's gonna succumb to the mold and die soon or at the very least the baby will die inside the breached egg shell? This is my first ball clutch ever. I knew something had to go wrong at least a little bit. Any comments, advice, anything, is greatly appreciated. Thanks alot. Ryan.

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• Is there realistically any hope of this molding egg hatching? - RyanT, Wed Apr 13 17:02:18 2005
• Another angle. - RyanT, Wed Apr 13 17:03:16 2005
• Really close up. - RyanT, Wed Apr 13 17:04:03 2005
• From outside the egg chamber. - RyanT, Wed Apr 13 17:04:49 2005
• RE: actually yes......... - jyohe, Wed Apr 13 18:48:33 2005
• topical antifungal powders may be worth a try.... - serpentcity, Wed Apr 13 19:25:12 2005
• RE: topical antifungal powders may be worth a try.... - RandyRemington, Wed Apr 13 22:56:24 2005
• that's right, there's the teratogenicity factor.... - serpentcity, Thu Apr 14 02:10:57 2005
• RE: topical antifungal powders may be worth a try.... - rwoodyer, Fri Apr 15 00:52:55 2005
• I prefer the Clorox method because of toxicity.... - serpentcity, Fri Apr 15 21:37:12 2005
• RE: Is there realistically any hope of this molding egg hatching? - jmartin104, Wed Apr 13 21:23:05 2005
• Eggs have a natural immune system.... - STUART, Thu Apr 14 18:15:48 2005