What happend with the egg? :-(

[trioceros]

hey,

the last two days 5 of my 9 quadricornis eggs was fallen in. and nothing hatched. so i dicided to open the eggs.
all babies was ready to hatch but died in the last days in their eggs.
the same happend to 2 cristatus eggs last week. (5 hatched)

i dont know what i did wrong. the temps has been at day 22°C ( 72°F) and at least 24°C ( 75°F). with a night drop of 4°C.

the moisture was normal and a little bit more dry in the last 3 weeks.

does anyone has an idea?

i m very sad that i ve lost those 7 animals.

regards
PAtrick

 

[kinyonga]

The only reason I have heard for this happening is too much moisture in the substrate...but I don't think anyone knows if that is the true reason in all cases or not.

 

[laurie]

Sounds to me like you were doing everything correctly. I just kept my eggs, quad eggs, at 68 with no night time drop. I would have thought your would have been stronger. All nine of my quads hatched and are 6 weeks old. Keep the babies cool, mine are never above 70, and humidity really high. I kept a humidifier on mine for the first 3 weeks.

 

[james L]

Do you ever open the egg container to allow fresh air in ever? Is there any small air holes in the egg container?

 

[DGray]

so sorry

So very sorry you lost the eggs.

Please let us know if you discover any reason.

Best wishes for future clutches.