Bad egg

[Zoe]

Okay, I checked on the eggs again tonight and one of them smells rotten (it was that funky, earthy smell) and is turning yellow in one area. I don't want to leave it there because I'm sure it'll stink up fast, but it's attached to the rest of the 5 eggs in that bunch... how do I remove it without damaging the other eggs?

BTW, as of now the other eggs look nice and white and smell fine.

Zoe

[paul_le_snake]

one thing u can is to gently remove the egg by small and gentle twists, its easier if its attached to just one egg. u will also find that the more egg decomposes the easier it will be to remove. hope this helps
cheers
paul

[JKUROSKI]

I would leave it...there is no worry as a rooten egg will not effect an attached healthy egg. You can pull it off, or cut it off if you are sure it is bad. Bad eggs normally have yellow-green to green blue gram negative bacteria which eats the egg away. It doesn't really stink like a rotten chicken egg or anything so if smell is your only concern then don't remove it. You could damge the other eggs.

[paul_le_snake]

looking at the pics id say they are a bit dry, try some damp sphagnum moss over them and maybe a little more water to the vermiculite

[Zoe]

Another 2 are looking bad now... one smells and the other has a yellow spot. GRR, that's 3 so far... I'm going to have none left before long... :(

Zoe

[reptilesalonica]

Don't worry. As someone's signature sais "with time comes experience, with experience comes success" I will add "with success comes troubles" lol...next time try to keep 'em a little more moist (NOT much, a little more). Remember not too dry, not too moist. It's nature's delicate balance again. I have lost 3 clutches of Leos so far! My misatake is the opposite from what you do. I tend to keep 'em more moistened.

[Zoe]

What do you keep them on? I had tremendous success keeping fat-tail eggs on perlite... I had a 100% hatch rate (not including eggs that were obviously infertile when layed, such as a female's first clutch)

Zoe

[reptilesalonica]

That's right, my 2 of 3 clutches was females first timers (infertiles). I keep them in shagnum moss since here in my city i didn't found vermiculite, but i will order from other EU countries. I had a discussion once with a known breeder. Among others he told me that a mix of 70% vermiculite and 30% perlite is working perfect and gives 100% success.