ALL eggs dying?

chameleoman

chameleoman

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Ok i have my 31 veiled eggs and they were laid April 1st a lot of them got black mold the fertile ones and i cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide and rinsed with water and dried. I put them back in the substrate (vermiculite) and now a week ago they all started denting in the substrate was moist so i wet it a bet more and some popped back up some are still the same some of the fertile ones turned yellowy/green so i just left them my mom called a reptile shop and he said thats normal to happen in a females first ever fertile clutch is this true?!?!?!?!!? i want them to survive any info is appreciated

-Joseph
 
I don't know why you would use hydrogen peroxide. That kills any living tissue it comes in contact with. Eggs are semi permeable. And no, it's not normal for a females first clutch to be bad.
 
i remember that thread you told meabout hat i didnt thik it ws a goodidea either i suggested to dust them off incse it was subtrate mold an i ws alwys told notto get my eggseven wet nevermind peroxide i would be surprized if the hatch sorry i have to say it but that dont sound good.
 
I have heard that a female's first ever clutch can have issues. Meaning, if this is her first egg-laying experience, AND they are fertile, issues can ensue. Nursing school also taught me that hydrogen peroxide is used to clean wounds and infections... can not imagine that would be good for embryos within the eggs. I would not recommend doing that! I have been having some problems with my current clutch (they are my females first ever clutch that also happened to be fertile). Most likely, some eggs will not make it but keep your chin up. Just remove the ones that are bad, and keep trying with the others. I wouldn't wash them with anything, though!
 
Man, you're having bad luck with these. I don't think the first clutch thing is true at all, I have a clutch of 23 perfect eggs going on 4.5 months and not a single one has gone bad. I know others that haven't had issues incubating their females' first clutch either, with the exception of maybe a couple eggs going bad. That said, it's not impossible either. It may be possible that this clutch for whatever reason wasn't fertilized correctly (maybe it was a little late to mate the parents, or the father has poor sperm, etc.)

Besides that I don't know why the eggs were molding over in the first place. Perhaps there were humidity issues that contributed to mold (not enough fresh air every so often?) or it was too high.

I'm sorry your eggs don't look well.
 
Hopefully it was just a few bad ones that you have out of the way now! :) Mine did not start having issues till about 3 weeks ago (they are 5 months old now). I think there are all kinds of factors that could very well not even be anyone's fault. Keep us posted!
 
Could be. Mine laid a retained clutch but they looked infertile. I wouldn't be surprised if yours is getting ready to lay a second one.
 
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