Stretch Marks?

[NaughtyDawg]

This egg was laid on Dec 31., which makes it 87 days old. Think it would be safe to help pip it or just leave it alone. Looks like it is getting stretch marks on it
There is something in it when candled. .:main_thumbsup: :main_thumbsdown:

P.S. It is about 2" long.

 

[spykerherps]

What temp ru Inc.

 

[brandy101010]

The egg looks wet and the vermiculite looks too wet too. Someone else is going to have to give you advice on piping it. I would not know what to do either.

 

[NaughtyDawg]

The egg is dry and the vermiculite is damp not wet. Probably just the light. The incubator is at 81. The other eggs in here are hatching around 65 days.

 

[monkeygirl]

i guess leave it because it would probably come out if it was ready....unles it doesnt have its piping tooth, in which case maybe its stuck....can you see movement?

 

[spykerherps]

could just be one of those that wasn't ment to hatch.

 

[NaughtyDawg]

i guess leave it because it would probably come out if it was ready....unles it doesnt have its piping tooth, in which case maybe its stuck....can you see movement?

I didn't see any movement, but I didn't play with it very long either. It is my first mack snow egg as well, so I'm kind if anxious.

 

[LeosForLess]

The egg is loaded with water, try bringing the humidity down a little bit, the egg coudl explode if you dont, well burst i should say

 

[NaughtyDawg]

The egg is loaded with water, try bringing the humidity down a little bit, the egg coudl explode if you dont, well burst i should say

It's been looking like this for the last 2 weeks. The "stretch marks" are getting bigger. The humidity is around 80%. Others in the same container are hatching out at 65-68 days.

 

[LeosForLess]

Thats weird, i usually never see this problem with perlite, i think vermiculite holds the water differently. I would just seperate this egg and use a lil less water

 

[CoolGecko]

what is the humidity that leos eggs need to hatch. Because mine are no where near the 80 % im more at the 30-40% does it even matter the humidity or does it have just a little something to do with it ???

 

[BalloonzForU]

what is the humidity that leos eggs need to hatch. Because mine are no where near the 80 % im more at the 30-40% does it even matter the humidity or does it have just a little something to do with it ???

Humidity is very important!!

 

[CoolGecko]

So what does the Humidity have to be. Deso anyone know?

 

[LeosForLess]

80%, i dont know why his eggs would balloon up like that at 80%, its very odd.

 

[NaughtyDawg]

To me it looks like the shell has already broken and is being held together by an inner membrane for a lack of better explanation. If you look at the egg, the shell has separated. Open it up in a new window and look at it full size.

Any input is welcome. I think I will give it another day.....I am real reluctant to pip it myself but I think it has gone too long now. I would hate to pip it and screw it up as it could be my first mack snow.

Help......

 

[GoGo]

Its your choice, you could pip it and if its alive you know what to do if it happens in the future and if its not ready you STILL know what to do if it happens again in the future. The fact is theres either a leo thats gunna come out on its own in there or a leo stuck and suffering in there.

 

[tangerineman]

kind of related...

i think vermiculite holds water in a different way than perlite,
I have used both...
it has less airflow, and overwet mediums are going to have a much more rapid and obvious effect, definitely to me that medium looks too wet from my results using vermiculite. i only used it for a short time, and switched immediately after having eggs get moldy.

I HAVE used vermiculite to bring back dented eggs because it transferred the water to the eggs faster than perlite did for me under the same circumstances,.
I would move that egg to a dryer mix for 'some time', or to a completely dry mix for a 'short time', if you're going to keep using vermiculite.
then after transfer the egg to a properly mixed batch of medium.

I don't measure my moisture level by %, I have been successfully using closed containers (mixed by weight)

if i plan on opening the conatiner a lot to check it I mix heavy side, like 50/50 by weight for perlite, 60% medium/40 water for eggs contained as a single clutch that i won't open as often...

This works well as there is never any moisture on the top of the lid either...

i hope this helps..
Duane

 

[crs]

I am confused about how large it is getting from only 80% humidity

 

[NaughtyDawg]

Well the egg finally collapsed today. Here is what I found when I opened it. This puts it around day 91 or 92. The vermiculite in the picture is NOT wet. I know it may look like that in the picture but believe me it is not, neither is the egg. Eggs are still hatching from the same container with no problems.

 

[Scott&Nikki]

Ahhh I'm sorry to see that....