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redtailtazz

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My ball python has 6 eggs.They looked great at first but now they look deflated.Due any time now.She tended to them herself.
 
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redtailtazz said:
My ball python has 6 eggs.They looked great at first but now they look deflated.Due any time now.She tended to them herself.
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How long has she been incubating them? If its early in the incubating period your humidity levels are to low per the reason they are deflating.When eggs are in the last week of hatching they dimple not deflate.Keep us posted
 
We are on day 45 but they have been like this for a couple of weeks now.The humidity is too high if anything.humidity is about 75% and temp between 85 and 90 degrees.
 
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redtailtazz said:
We are on day 45 but they have been like this for a couple of weeks now.The humidity is too high if anything.humidity is about 75% and temp between 85 and 90 degrees.
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The high humidity is deadly on ball python eggs as is to low of humidity.Are they still connected together? If they are separated is there a way you can hold one up to the light and see if their are veins? If not thats OK.From your description of the eggs along with the high humidity i will be surprised if they still have a live baby inside.I am not trying to bring you down by no means,just letting you know the possibilities.Like i said before keep me posted OK?
 
redtailtazz said:
We are on day 45 but they have been like this for a couple of weeks now.The humidity is too high if anything.humidity is about 75% and temp between 85 and 90 degrees.
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I would say they are fine, It's normal for them to collapse a few weeks before hatching.
 
The humidity is too high if anything.humidity is about 75% and temp between 85 and 90 degrees.
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75% rh is NOT to high. We keep our eggs around 95%.

If anything, they are deflated because the humidity is to LOW.

I would say they are fine, It's normal for them to collapse a few weeks before hatching.
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This is very true, they will start to collapse around 10 days before hatching. If they are icubated over 89-90 degrees then they should hatch around day 56-58.

Whats scary is that they have been collapsed for a week or two now.....

From your description of the eggs along with the high humidity i will be surprised if they still have a live baby inside
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Again, its not even close to "high" humidity. And if the embryo inside is in fact dead, the egg will start to discolor and rot within a day or so.



The short, your eggs are just fine but maybe a little to dry.
 
day 49 they look the same still just as white as can be.wish they would hurry up.first time I've bred,I'm kinda excited but expecting the worst.
 
you wanted me keep you posted.2 out of 6 good eggs.there is a third one but i dont think it will make it:(.pics of the healthy are in my gallery.let me know what you think of them
 
you wanted me keep you posted.2 out of 6 good eggs.there is a third one but i dont think it will make it.pics of the healthy are in my gallery.let me know what you think of them
 
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So only 2 have hatched out so far or only 2 were good with babies inside? Nice looking babies :)
 
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