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I searched the forum for a thread on this and couldn't find one. The issue I'm having is the eggs are a little grey on top and a nice white on bottom. They're also dimpled. This clutch is a week old. When I candle then they have veins, I'm just concerned about the color and the early dimpling.

The temperature is high 88-89° and the humidity is 80% my original incubator died so I had to switch it. The eggs heated up to about 90° and then it died. Humidity dropped to 40% when I found them the next day.

Any advice is appreciated.
 
I'm guessing that is hatchrite the eggs are in which is known to be too dry to start with and it dries out fairly quickly if the tub has too much ventilation, which pop top lidded tubs tend to have.
 
Last night I added more water in the corners of the tub. The humidity is at 82% you think plastic wrap is a good idea? Just nerve racking as another female is adjusting to lay
 
They're borderline. I think you've still got a good chance of them hatching once the humidity increases though.
 
At this point, I don't think it will hurt you any if your humidity is maxed out for a while. You need to keep it as high as possible until you see some sort of change in those eggs.
You still run the risk of the eggs actually accumulating water as well but at this point you need to pick your battles. I'd say humidity is the biggest issue right now so put as much water in that tub as you can without it touching the bottom of the eggs. Press and seal the top and hope for the best.

Good luck.
 
I had an issue like this about 2 months ago. I believe the thread is up still. Out of my 6, 5 made it. I went away for a week and had a friend checking on my stuff. I thought my eggs dried out completely, but got advice to put them in vermiculite that was moist and cover the top. The eggs did not plump up, but did incubate all the way and the snakes all came out on their own.
 
Thanks for the advice, I did add a bit of water and go the humidity up. I also candled then about an hour ago to see what was going on. All of then still have good veins. One has a bit more yellow than the others but you can see the embreo in all of them.

Not going to jump the gun on any of the eggs, just going to see what happens at this point. The temperature is holding steady at 89° and humidity is hanging around 85%. I'll keep it updated though.
 
That's one of the reasons I prefer using the substrateless method. Never have a issue with humidity. Hope your eggs make it.
 
Pearlite isn't good, it wicks water from whatever it touches if the humidity isn't high enough. I use Vermiculite and it works wonderfully. I have a number of friends who swear by the substrateless method though
 
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