Need Help A.S.A.P.

Originally Posted by Ophis

So if I have a clutch of colubrid eggs that are white and I have one that starts to turn yellow, I should pay no particular attention to its placement in relation to the other eggs or otherwise?

And on this?

I don't know what you mean by "in relation to other eggs" ....

Good eggs hatch, bad eggs rot.... good eggs next to rotten bad eggs still hatch.

Thanks again for all the help. They are on day 27, I'll just keep a close eye on it.

Joe

Originally Posted by Sasheena

I don't know what you mean by "in relation to other eggs" ....

Good eggs hatch, bad eggs rot.... good eggs next to rotten bad eggs still hatch.

I meant physical contact. I myself would use the protocol I previously posted . If an egg started to become noticably yellow or showed other signs of deterioration, I would physically isolate it from the other eggs and monitor it closely for further deterioration.

Last year I had eggs go back that were in clumps, and because I had my eggs in boxes with air holes AND had to put my egg boxes in my less-than-pristine mouse-house during an AC disaster in the house, I got maggots. I carefully removed those two maggoty king eggs from the clutch of 12 eggs.

This year, using airtight boxes, I had two eggs start to go bad in a clump of 16 king eggs. I ended up putting vermiculite over the bad eggs, and now they look like little brown raisins, and the eggs next to them are perfectly fine.

BAsically if it is in a clump, I bury it, if it's not touching or adhered to any other egg and it goes bad, I pitch it.