Eggs stuck together

[Baker14]

I went to check on my gravid female, Snow Ball, and noticed she layed her 4th clutch. The eggs were laid right next to each other and seem to be stuck together in one spot? How should I incubate them? Should I leave them like that?

 

[TheHiddenGecko]

To separate them you can sprinkle water over them and slowly try separating them. If you're too afraid of ripping open the egg then just leave them together and they should be alright.

 

[Surf_420]

i had one stuck to the bottom of the lay box, just moisten it every 30 mins or so and it should let go, but as Steve said they will be fine to incub. like that. but if you see at some point one egg rots it may lead to probs with the other one. good luck

 

[dprince]

I wouldn't try and separate them at all. Just incubate them together. Good luck!! :main_thumbsup:

 

[DAWNoftheLEO]

Ditto.

 

[mcvancleave]

i got 2 connected as well and placed them both in the incubator

 

[Baker14]

Thanks for the advice Steve, Steve, and Debbie! I decided I would just incubate them together, and if problems arise, I will look further into seperating them. Hopefully they do good.
**Also, Ive heard the term sweating used quite a bit when talking about bearded dragons and geckos getting ready to hacth. Can someone explain what sweating means?
Thanks!

 

[Surf_420]

in my experiences, the eggs will swell a tad bit and you should be able to see some very light driplets of water on them. they almost look wet to me

 

[fallen_angel]

I know you already have gotten a lot of answers, but this has happened to me before too. When my eggs were stuck together, I thought they were just super sticky because I was removing them literally right after the female laid the eggs. So before touching them again, I let them air dry for about 5-10 minutes or so until the shell hardened a bit more, then they were easier to separate and remove

I have also sprinkled vermiculite onto the sticky fresh eggs so that they become less sticky and easier to move from the lay box to the incubator

The end result was the the two eggs became unstuck rather easily, and they are both fertile, cooking in the inc. right now

 

[Mel&Keith]

We had two suck together really bad last year so I incubated them together. One ended up being an infertile so when it started going bad I very carefully cut it off of the good egg. The good one hatched out normally.

 

[dprince]

I just had two hatch out yesterday that were stuck together. I took pics of the eggs - I'll upload them tonight.

The problem with trying to unstick the eggs is - if you fail - you've either lost one or both of your eggs. :main_no:

Mel, good call on the cutting the infertile one off. :main_thumbsup:

 

[fallen_angel]

very true

 

[david13]

ya,i would keep them together

 

[mynewturtle]

I just had my gecko lay two stuck together Horizontal, and vertical. Up and down. One is obviously going to die if I leave it like this (ones not touching the vermiculite because the vertical one is holding it abit above). I'm going to try your suggestions. At the end if I can't get it off would you suggest me to try and cut it off?

 

[fallen_angel]

Ours must have been less stuck than what others are describing.. The times it has happened to us, they were stuck, but it wasn't too difficult prying the eggs apart (it's no different from how eggs get stuck to the bottom of the moist hidebox - you have to slowly pull them off, but it's not too difficult)..

If you can't get them apart, maybe you could find something that you could safely slide between the eggs? I've had to use a spoon to separate a stuck egg from the hidebox container (tupperware) before.

 

[dprince]

OK, sorry to be so late with these. Doh!!

Here's pics of two rainwaters that hatched out of eggs stuck together.

 

[PacHerp]

That is cool, Debbie! I'm glad they both hatched out OK.

 

[nwheat]

I would just incubate them together as well. If they do need to be separated (if you think one is bad) or if they are stuck to the container, I just read about a trick that someone used for snake eggs - use dental floss to carefully try to separate them. I haven't tried this myself, yet, but I think it sounds like it would work really well!

 

[fallen_angel]

Nancy, the dental floss sounds like a great idea to me too

Very cool hatchlings Debbie, congrats! I'm glad they both hatched normally

 

[Fanner]

Ooooh, this is very encouraging :main_yes: I have 2 eggs incubating (maybe the only 2 eggs I will ever have a chance to incubate) that are firmly stuck together:

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I candled them tonight (they were laid 11 days ago) and there are definite red streaks all throughout both eggs :main_thumbsup: Thanks for the encouragement