i have a dented egg =/

[LepGekPunk]

so far i only have 2 eggs, my female laid them in thursday, one is looking very nice, nice size/colour/shape, the other is smaller and is now dented

i increased the humidity yesterday night when i first noticed it but its still dented, how long does it take to fix itself? i heard a few hours

im scared to increase the humitidy further since i dont want to over humidify, because the other egg seems perfect

 

[snowgyre]

What you should do is mist your incubation material a bit if it's too dry, and then completely bury the egg. I had 3 dented eggs earlier this week and it took them 48 hours to reinflate after I buried them.

 

[LepGekPunk]

completley bury them? so i cant see them? what if they dent again?

 

[snowgyre]

Yep, completely bury them as in you can't see them. Leave them for 48 hours, then carefully unbury them and examine them. If the dent is gone, you can leave the tops partially exposed. If there's still a dent, keep them buried.

 

[Aly]

I had a dented egg. I buried it half way and increased teh humidity in the deli cup. 48 hours is about right. I checked it two days after i added water.

 

[ShaffersExoticHerps]

I wouldn't bury them if your wetting the medium more! That is just asking for mold! First is the egg fertile? What I would do is take a moist paper towel and lay it over the egg that is denting. I try to kind of "prop" it up just a little so it isn't touching the egg. If it does it's really not a big deal, I just try to do it that way. I check it after a couple hours and if it's coming up I take the paper towel off. If it's still dented I keep it on until something seems to be happening. As soon as I notice it filling up again, I take it off though. I don't like too much moisture for very long.

 

[snowgyre]

I wouldn't bury them if your wetting the medium more!

This is true, although if the medium is already too dry, wetting it to the proper level shouldn't be promoting mold, and getting that egg rehydrated is really important. I haven't had any mold problems doing this with perlite, but it may be different depending on the medium you use.

 

[ShaffersExoticHerps]

This is true, although if the medium is already too dry, wetting it to the proper level shouldn't be promoting mold, and getting that egg rehydrated is really important. I haven't had any mold problems doing this with perlite, but it may be different depending on the medium you use.

Yeah, Perlite seems to hold the water near the bottom. Vermiculite can get too wet fast!

 

[LepGekPunk]

Yeah, Perlite seems to hold the water near the bottom. Vermiculite can get too wet fast!

im using Vermiculite =[

its been nearly 48 hours now and the egg is still dented, i raised the humitidy and i have a good level and the other egg (i only have 2 so far) is perfect, is it a good idea to raise the humitidy even further? i dont want to risk harming the perfect egg

 

[JohnxII]

Have you candled the dented egg? Chances are it might be infertile. I have one right now...