Help with weeding out bad eggs

[wildlife]

Is it considered normal practice to freeze any eggs w/ fungus on them or let it ride out in a separate container? I understand how important prevention is when dealing with a sterile environment. Could topsoil left on the egg be attributed to this fungus in combination w/ too much humidity? I use a q tip to carefully remove dirt particles before placing them in the incubator but I can't seem to get them as clean as some others. Or is it just the combo of infertile eggs and high humidity? I am confident w/ my temp 84.3 and hu 79%. There is no condensation on the lids just the sides towards the bottom nor is there droplets on the eggs. In nature the eggs are covered in dirt thats warm.

Mother Nature, such a fickle woman!

I noticed some w/ white fungal spores and others that advanced quicker with an "AFRO" affect. I have already froze these eggs b/c they were also smelly, gelatinous weird yellow looking while candled. After removing the "bad egg" do you transfer the other eggs into a new container? In theory that sounds right to me but the handling factor of the eggs I'm not to keen on. All I have done is remove the egg and any perlite that looks suspect around that area.

I have a little giant still air incubator and this particular model has small holes in the styrofoam to help with humidity. But there are other holes that don't have a cap, just small holes also I presume to help with regulation.

With that being said, I noticed one of my most advanced eggs with translucent millimeter sized worms crawling on it and have a feeling some bug most have made it's way into the incubator through the holes, as well as the container lid holes!! DAMN!!!! Has this happened to anyone??

I feel that the egg is compromised but want to make sure b/c this egg is 1 of 2 out of 14 that made it from a previous 1st clutch. There are only 2 in this container thank goodness.

Thank you for any insight you all might have!

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

If your seeing fungus and worms, with out pictures I would say the whole batch is in danger.
anything with fungus/worms needs to be moved away from the good eggs.
If a good egg has some fungus on if you can wipe away most of it very gently.
also it sound like your humidity is 2 high.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

I agree with Tom.

 

[wildlife]

Only the infertile eggs have had fungus grow on them. Out of the 2nd clutch (16) 3 were infertile this time and those were the only ones w/ fungus the rest are a healthy white with a lil dirt on 'em.

So your saying humidity is the only variable in the production of fungus in my incubator? That would be a relief if thats the case.

The worms on the egg are too tiny to show in a photo, plus they are translucent. Have you heard/seen this before?

What % would you recommend the humidity to be? I've read anywhere from 70-80%, mine being on the high side.

Also, the egg w/ the worms on it, it's 41 days old and looks somewhat healthy, is it compromised???

I also asked After removing the "bad egg" do you transfer the other eggs into a new container? In theory that sounds right to me but the handling factor of the eggs I'm not to keen on. All I have done is remove the egg and any perlite that looks suspect around that area.

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

I see at least 1 bad egg in that bottom picture. Its hard to tell for sure. When you shine a flashlight on them if they are pink or red inside or you can see the veins or a pooper I would hold out for that egg.

 

[spyder79]

honestly none of the eggs look healthy to me. was this a planned breeding or accident? the eggs look like the female that laid them may have been very low on calcium stores as they are all off color (and no im not talking about the dirt on them im talking about the eggs themselves) and yeah the one in the bottom photo is deffinately a dud.

 

[wildlife]

Thanx for the replies!! I never intend to be argumentative, I'm just trying to rely the facts to you all who are freaken awesome to try and help me out. I've done a great deal of studying b4 trying this but want to learn much more, is there an author that focuses primarily on just breeding that is regarded highly? The ones I've read seemed, to me, watered down. Trial and error is a great teacher but I want to limit the stress for my scaled children as much as possible.

This was a planned pregnancy and the couple did, however do the deed out of wedlock!lol My male I rescued a couple months ago. He is in great condition (328g and aprox 1 yr old). I set them up for brumation but as some of these guys are, some will slumber and some don't.( mine has not) It's possible 2 months wasn't long enough to produce enough fertile sperm for the male? (my fertile % is not too great at all, but this is my first time as well)

The female weighed in around 325g, also rescued 2 yrs ago, b4 the deed and I use a reptisun 10.0 for all my reptiles. I also give all my reps calcium magnesium citrate drops once every 3 days about, recommended by my vet with a large variety of approved greens and feeders.

I have candled the eggs and there are veins from the embryo noticeable in some. My camera is quite outta date so

The 1st pic of eggs are the oldest, the one closest has the "nematode looking worms" and I agree the egg has discolored considerably, but I was pretty sure I saw veins. At day 41 days shouldn't you be seeing a healthy outline of a baby?

The 2nd pic of the eggs on the left (4) have veins the others seem to have a red spot towards the bottom. This clutch is 13 days old.

The 3rd pic of the eggs, 15 days old, I noticed the 2 in the back have not improved. BUT, the rest do have veins, and the dirtiest one has the greatest amount of veins.

I lowered my Humidity to 75%. Should I keep the lids off for the time being? The eggs are all dry to the touch except the ones in the 3rd pic which i froze already.

Any ideas about what to do with a container/perlite that has housed a "fungal egg"? Can I keep the rest of my eggs that show promise in the same container? Or do you move them to a new one?
Have you heard of/seen worms on eggs b4?


Thanx again, you all rock!!!

 

[RolandKyramere]

Good luck, I hope the fungus doesn't spread!