Impacted hatchling?

[theguy67]

One of my eggs hatched 4 days ago. The hathcling became very lathargic in the result of being impacted. With a brushed stomach and swollen/red vent.I have not fed him yet since. He died this morning. I belive he became impacted on the vermiculite in the incubator. I keep my hathclings in a sterlite box with paper towles, so he had nothing able to eat after out of the incubator.

How can I prevent this from happening again? thanks

 

[Krow]

Idk anything other than just get the hatchlings out sooner, sorry I cant help more, thats all I can think of...

 

[acpart]

Are you sure it ate the vermiculite? Most of my newly hatched won't eat anything the first week. Is there a chance that it had something internal wrong with it?

Aliza

 

[theguy67]

Are you sure it ate the vermiculite? Most of my newly hatched won't eat anything the first week. Is there a chance that it had something internal wrong with it?

Aliza

well' i opened him up after he died and his stomach was full of vermiculite. I may have left him in the incubator too long, 1 day the most but he still wouldn't of ate anything,.. right?

 

[Khrysty]

You dissected him?

 

[theguy67]

yea, if thats ok. I have lost sooo many eggs this year, so i had to know what was wrong. don't worrie he was already dead. I wish i already know.

 

[Khrysty]

Yeah, its not a bad thing. I've thought about doing that before, just never went through with it.

 

[Kristi23]

I'm sorry for your loss.