Quad eggs

[Mikey1two]

A few months ago i picked up a wc female quad. I housed her with my male wc that i picked up some 4-5 years ago.
Last night she layed eggs in her egg laying cage i set up for her, but did not bury them! She is now up on branches basking.

My question is should i pull her eggs out now or do you thing its up to her nature to complete the job of buring the eggs?
Thanks in advance
Mikey

 

[jdog1027]

Get a plastic storage box and fill with about 2-3" of damp vermiculite. Make some indentations into the vermiculite with your thumb to form tiny craters. CAREFULLY take the eggs out WITHOUT TURNING them over from the position they are laying in. Place them in the craters and keep the eggs about 70-73F. I think quadricornis hatch after about 4-5 months. Good luck.

 

[Mikey1two]

I have all of that ready, should i go ahead and pull the eggs even though she hasn't covered them?

 

[laurie]

Yes you need to get the eggs out asap before they dry out. If you get them out in time you may have eggs that will hatch. Where are you located? Do you have all the things to keep them at temp? If not I can give you a few ideas on how to make it work for now. Good luck.

 

[Chase]

Along with what Laurie and Jdog said, and I could give some tips to keeping them cool as well.

LPR08

 

[Mikey1two]

Im in southern california.
Humidity is about 90% in cage.
Any and all advice welcome, thanks.

Mikey

 

[Chase]

What are temps like in your home?

LPR08

 

[Mikey1two]

Dug up 13 eggs. Resting at 71* and 90% RH.
I lack a thermostat as of now. But plan on a herpstat 1 or 2.

 

[Mikey1two]

Ok, so its been a little over a month now and all my eggs are doing well I think. I rigged up a setup to keep temps at about 72-73*
They are still white, no mold no yellowing (as much as I could tell).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48317356@N02/6229365696/

Eggs do look like they may not be calcified 100% but maybe what I am seeing might be from water drops from the water build up on the inside of the container.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48317356@N02/6219154847/

Should I try to avoid this?

Also, would it be possible and if so at what stage could I change the medium to something bigger? I was caught off guard with this clutch and all my coarse verm was not very clean. All I had was this "dusty" verm, which might or might not cause problems when/if they hatch.

Thanks
-Mikey

Mikey

 

[Mikey1two]

Bump:

Anybody?

 

[Monties1982]

You probably should avoid letting water drip on the eggs so they don't become over hydrated. If you're getting that much condensation on the lid of the containers, you could stand to lower the humidity in the container. A good level would be where the lid just starts to fog, but not so much that it forms large drops of water. As far as putting the eggs in a different medium, you could change it anytime as long as you keep the eggs in the same orientation and don't turn them over, but it probably isn't necessary to change the medium and I would just leave them like they are.

 

[Mikey1two]

Cool, so i will start to check the eggs more often to keep the humidity down.
Thanks for the reply.
Mikey