Caving in

[geckogirl3]

I got a new incubator (that doesn't use water) and the eggs started to cave in. When i candle them, they are pink. Are they dying or am i worrying to much
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[geckogirl3]

anyone know?

 

[NinjaDuo]

Dents can be caused by low humidity.

 

[im faster]

how do you have your eggs in the incubator post pics of your set up

 

[fl_orchidslave]

I got a new incubator (that doesn't use water) and the eggs started to cave in. When i candle them, they are pink. Are they dying or am i worrying to much
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What has no water? The incubation container? What type of medium? What kind of incubator? We need more information to tell you anything.

 

[geckogirl3]

how can it be low humidity. i once had an incubator that was an ice chest with an underwater heater and eggs floating on top of the water and they dented till they where flat. now i have a small ice chest with a heating pad on the bottom filled with a 1 1/2 inches of coconut fiber and the eggs are in separate containers that are plastic clean containers half filled with coconut fiber on top of the coconut fiber on the heating pad. the fiber is moist but not wet

 

[geckogirl3]

i had one egg die of mold in the water incubator and one dent???

 

[geckogirl3]

i need help!!! big time

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Settle down.

I would suggest you read a LOT of threads in the incubation section, and follow successful practices. What you have now is a thing rigged up, and there are issues, so it needs to be changed. You don't mention a way of checking or regulating temperatures. How is this being done? Coco fiber is not the best thing to use in the incubation container either. Also keep in mind that all eggs are not good eggs, and even pink candled eggs can be bad.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

If I have good eggs that start to dent I take a small piece of paper towel, wet it, and gently lay it over the top of the eggs. The majority of the time, they will plump backup within a few days.

 

[M_surinamensis]

i need help!!! big time

Here's some help. That you need. Big time.

 

[LZRDGRL]

Bad boy :main_laugh:

Chrissy

Here's some help. That you need. Big time.

 

[IslaReina]

hahahaha xD

 

[geckogirl3]

You don't mention a way of checking or regulating temperatures. How is this being done?

i have a digital thermometer. i stick the thing (don"t know what it is called) in the container and it tells me the temp. i don't have enough money to buy a incubator and that is why i have this coconut incubator.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

It costs money to breed animals. If not done correctly, the rate of success will be lower. No getting around that. Then , it costs money to care for hatchlings. You're obviously not financially prepared for either. Maybe this isn't the time for you to be undertaking such a project. Nothing wrong with keeping geckos as just pets and not breeding, until you are able to acquire some equipment and do a lot more research.

 

[sunshinegeckos]

It costs money to breed animals. If not done correctly, the rate of success will be lower. No getting around that. Then , it costs money to care for hatchlings. You're obviously not financially prepared for either. Maybe this isn't the time for you to be undertaking such a project. Nothing wrong with keeping geckos as just pets and not breeding, until you are able to acquire some equipment and do a lot more research.

ditto. I also wanted to add that I know my reptile store I go to has an incubator that they let customers bring in eggs to incubate for them. Maybe you can find a store or breeder that will take them if they are even saveable now?

 

[lillith]

I think you may have had a case of too much moisture, if mold was the culprit.
The paper towel trick works great if they get too dry.

Save up for a real incubator and a good thermostat, they save in headaches and heartbreak later. Doesn't have to be fancy, a hovabator works fine with a good 'stat.

And read EVERYTHING in the breeding, incubation, and hatchling sections...