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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 26/06/2013 : 21:39:40
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I've just checked on my eggs, like I do 1-2 times a week. I candle them every week or so too just to make sure everything is okay.
I know that two of the 13 eggs are not good. They had no veins from day 7 onwards, one of them hard a dark circle near the top when candled, a sign of a dying or dead egg in most species.
Most of the eggs look normal, a little stained in places from the sphagnum moss but healthy enough. However one of the not good eggs (these two are both stuck firmly into the clump, in the middle, typical) is covered in a blackish blue mould. It is all over the top of this egg but none of the other eggs have any on at all.
From the research I have done, including the Kathy Love book it said that good eggs generally don't turn bad because of having a bad one nearby.
My question is, those of you who breed snakes (of any kind that lay eggs), do you leave eggs such as this one? Or do you try to remove them? I read somewhere about cutting them away with scissors but I don't want to risk damaging the other eggs if it isn't necessary.
I could put a picture up if that helps?
The eggs are on Day 33 of incubation. |
2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
1.4.0 Guinea pigs |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/06/2013 : 22:24:36
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| bad eggs dont turn good eggs bad, I have always left them be where they are |
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 27/06/2013 : 06:59:56
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Thanks gmac. That's just what I wanted to hear  |
2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
1.4.0 Guinea pigs |
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ScaryVonHayleystine
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/06/2013 : 10:38:04
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| Hope the good eggs all hatch with ease and you have a beautiful clutch ^^ |
Albino Addiction ... <3
0.1.0 - Creamsicle Cornsnake (Mo)
1.0.0 - Bubblegum Snow Corn (Gabriel)
1.0.0 - Lavendar 100% Het Hypo Corn (Ezra)
1.0.0 - Bairds Rat Snake (Lazarus)
0.0.1 - Crested Gecko (Pan) |
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 27/06/2013 : 13:20:01
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| Thanks Still got a little way to go yet. |
2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
1.4.0 Guinea pigs |
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Egg funky mould colours question
