I have a close friend who has been sitting on veiled eggs for several months now. She finally had her 1st egg hatch last wednesday. Since then, the remaining eggs have all dryed up. I told her I would post this thread and see what you guys think so I can give her advise. As far as I know, the living baby veiled is doing great. She had a clutch of 54 eggs. This is her female veiled 2nd clutch. The 1st clutch all dried up as well. Also, how can she get this new baby to start eating??? This has been a challenge for her. Any input will be greatly appreciated.

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Once the first one has hatched is your friend doing anything different with the eggs that would lower the humidity in the container...like leaving the lid off? Checking the container several times a day?

I am guessing she probably is, since she was so happy to see her 1st baby. I will call her today and ask. Thanks.

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I didn't do anything different. Some are just sinking. I opened 3 up that sunk and there were fully developed dead babies.

The one that hatched will not eat. I tried 1 week old crickets and flightless fruit flies still no luck. Any advice?

elise

What temperature where you incubating the eggs at?

How humid was it in the container?

Are there any airholes in the container?

How often were you taking the lid off to check?

The eggs will slightly collapse when ready to be cut through
make sure that you've got proper moisture levels in there as well as O2.
it seems to me that they're waiting for a trigger.

when you opened an egg, did you observe a fully absorbed yoke sack?
did the young change colors in response to stimuli?
any signs of infection?

the hatchlings may not need to eat for the first 48 hours
usually, it's good to have things in there for them to eat
but they're usually not that interested until a few days have passed
and their metabolism has ramped up.

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When my first was about to hatch i was worried that the medium was a bit too dry so i got a syringe and added a bit of water in it and squirted some around in between the eggs making sure not to touch any of them... also my eggs were at 72-78 degrees and the day before the hatch of my first it got up to about 80-82 degrees, i don't know if this was the trigger for that one but i have had no other hatches since the 16th....

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1.1 Veiled 32 hatchlings ,0.1 Ambilobe,2.0 Jacksons,1 Emma,1 Anna, 1 Nyssa,1 Spidey,1 Sunny

i have 12 veiled eggs that also appear to be waiting for a trigger.the last clutch started hatching when it got warm outside. i am hoping these 12 wait another 2-3 months.