OK, so my possibly-fertile brevicaudata egg has been incubating about 65 days now. Several weeks ago it developed "stretch marks", and one of them was a little wider than the others. I noticed a little matter coming out of it, but it became hard and didn't get bigger. I assumed this was a bit of the amnion and I wasn't worried, since it sort of sealed itself off.
We're watching the egg closely now, and the lump is getting bigger--a little more amnion (or whatever) all the time. It's soft when it first comes out (?), but then hardens. It definitely isn't mold. Has anybody else seen this before? Is it a bad sign? The stuff looks like it's crystallizing or something, which is one of the things that makes me think it's the amnion.
Any ideas?
We're watching the egg closely now, and the lump is getting bigger--a little more amnion (or whatever) all the time. It's soft when it first comes out (?), but then hardens. It definitely isn't mold. Has anybody else seen this before? Is it a bad sign? The stuff looks like it's crystallizing or something, which is one of the things that makes me think it's the amnion.
Any ideas?