3 days and Mold already?

[JConley]

Ok this is weird my female laid 2 eggs on Friday i took them out and put them in the incubator and set them in the proper amount of vermiculite VS. water
This morning i saw mold growing on one of the eggs, so i carfully took the egg and wiped the mold off with a Qtip and moved it to a new location in the dish.

Does anyone know what is going on here? Why mold after 3 days?

Should i put holes in the container for fresh air?

Please someone respond that is a egg veteran.


1 part vermiculite to .8 parts water

85 degree incubation temp

 

[JordanAng420]

Well, I definatly wouldn't call myself a veteran. But I do know that when this happens it usually has something to do with the humidity and that you should use fungus foot powder on the egg to treat it.

 

[ACER]

you should use fungus foot powder on the egg to treat it.

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[fallen_angel]

the egg could be infertile, I am not sure why there was mold with that ratio of water to vermiculite.. what kind of incubator and containers are you using? How far were the eggs in the vermiculite?

Athlete's foot or baking soda is recommended for mold, as it can help it from coming back.. just sprinkle a little bit over the top of the egg, or whever the mold is forming. Good luck~

 

[ACER]

Athlete's foot or baking soda is recommended for mold, as it can help it from coming back.. just sprinkle a little bit over the top of the egg, or whever the mold is forming. Good luck~

Never heard that before, but it just so happens that I have 2 mali uromastyx eggs incubating now that are apparantly good but have just 1 small spot of mold on each of them that probably came from a bad egg that was near them. I'll give it a try. So you just use a q-tip to get the mold off and put a little baking soda on the spot? It would be great if this works because uromastyx eggs are known for being problematic for mold, I guess due to the high incubation temp (93 F).

 

[fallen_angel]

Yes, that is what I have done and what was recommended by other members on here Just sprinkle a little bit, not too much Also, mold does spread, so anytime that you have a moldy egg, I would recommend putting it by itself in a seperate container as well. Good luck!

 

[ACER]

Thanks, and yeah I know it spreads . They're the only ones left anyway. She layed 10... 6 were slugs (her first CB clutch). Then when I didn't check them for a couple of days one went bad and introduced mold. I'll give it a try and hope for the best.

 

[fallen_angel]

I hope for the best for you too, good luck! We had many many slug eggs this year as well, so I can feel for ya on that one!

 

[JConley]

Well i do believe the egg was a dud. Today i took it back out because it was looking bad again candled it and looked dark yellow and it started oozzing but the other egg has no mold issues and seems fine although i didnt candle that one.

I took the dud out!


Im crossing my fingers for the other one.

 

[fallen_angel]

Sorry about the dud, but best of luck to you on the other one!!

 

[GeckoGathering]

Setting in a puddle

Ok this is weird my female laid 2 eggs on Friday i took them out and put them in the incubator and set them in the proper amount of vermiculite VS. water
This morning i saw mold growing on one of the eggs, so i carfully took the egg and wiped the mold off with a Qtip and moved it to a new location in the dish.

Does anyone know what is going on here? Why mold after 3 days?

Should i put holes in the container for fresh air?

Please someone respond that is a egg veteran.


1 part vermiculite to .8 parts water

85 degree incubation temp

First off Vermiculite and perlite are two very different
products...One is primary to retain moisture(vermiculite) one is to allow drainage(perlite).....Information is supplied from the Hoffman Company. They are makers of both products.

The vermiculite is like setting your eggs in a puddle of water compared to perlite having the moisture at the bottom and allowing humidity to be at the eggs surface area. No holes in the lid allows this to maintain for the duration of the hatch period......the only thing you need to do is pop the lid about once a week on average. I do it when I see moisture hanging on the inside of the lid.

Well I could never see how using of the Perlite method (Albey)
and switching to vermiculite would work the same, especially if you do not put holes in the lid, or don't pop the lid often, or both.
In my honest opinion the factor for the mold could very well be your vermiculite method.......And (in advance) I know that some people do use vermiculite and do hatch eggs with it............take care. / HJ