My females are starting to cruise along and lay eggs. The issue I've had is I check their hides every other day. Some of the eggs are sticking to the bottoms of their hides. Are there any "tricks of the trade" that I can use besides pulling them off slowley and hope not to rip the shell. I'm using gladware tuppers as hides.
Egg sticking question
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JordanAng420
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I know I know! I do this all the time.
When you're taking out the eggs, bend the plastic around the bottom of the egg and roll it a little bit, the egg should pop right off if you do it gently. Try and hold the egg so that it doesn't roll, though. You might need another person to help you. One to hold the egg, and one to pry the plastic off of them.
When you're taking out the eggs, bend the plastic around the bottom of the egg and roll it a little bit, the egg should pop right off if you do it gently. Try and hold the egg so that it doesn't roll, though. You might need another person to help you. One to hold the egg, and one to pry the plastic off of them.
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I use cocoa fiber in my egg laying containers. Sometimes they dig all the way to the bottom and lay their eggs on the bottom of the plastic container. Once there for a little bit they tend to dry out and get stuck to the bottom. What usually works to get the egg unstuck is using a damp but not wet cue tip and slowly rub it back and forth on the bottom of the egg and slowly pry it off the bottom. You have to be gentle or otherwise it could break or rip open.
i use sphagnum moss. i keep it damp but not wet and i give them a good sized lay box/humid hide (about the size of a large butter tub), so it is wide and deep. i have gotten a few dried up eggs because i didn't check for eggs and i have had a couple of eggs stuck together but i have no had any eggs ever stuck to the bottom. if you are using paper towel as a lay box/humid hide your chances of eggs sticking are going to be greater. something like bed-a-beast, coco fiber or sphagnum moss would be a better choice. if any of you have actually witnessed a female laying, it is quite awesome. she lays and as she is pushing the egg out she is pushing her feet down into the substrate as the eggs begins to come out she rolls it around with her back eggs and gently pushes it to the side so she can lay the other egg. if you are using some type of small particulate medium (bed-a-beast, coco fiber or sphagnum moss), pieces will get on the eggs, creating a barrier to keep the egg from sticking to the plastic lay box.
I use spagnum moss and rarely have had eggs stick, but when they do, as JordanAng420 said, instead of pulling the egg off, bend the hide from the outside and the egg should loosen itself when the plastic expands or whatever from the bending. Mark the egg top center before so if it does move you can correct it back to sitting top up. Works so much better than trying to peel them off the plastic. If the eggs are stuck to each other, just incubate them like that.
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