Orange stuff??

[reptilez]

I was checking on my eggs today and i noticed that on my leopard hecko eggs, the top had some orange goo on it.
Has anyone seen this before???

[Tim and Julie B]

That is exactly what happened to a pair of my eggs yesterday. As far as I can tell it's because the shell has begun leaking its fluids. Is your shell very soft and mushy? If so it only gets worse and I threw mine out. It gets amazingly stinky!!! Hope that this helped.

[reptilez]

So even if i wipe the stuff off they are still no good? Why did this happen?

[Tim and Julie B]

In my case I think that my female may not have been consuming calcium as often as the others so the eggs shell was thin. I noticed the orange stuff about 3-4 days after they were laid and when I inspected the eggs they almost seemed cracked here and there, like it was weak. I did try to wipe away the pus but it kept leaking, and I never noticed any fungus so I am fairly certain the orange stuff was from inside the egg. I've never had this happen before and I hope that it doesn't spread. I should be okay though because all my egg pairs are icubated in their own sealed containers with small pinholes on the sides. Have you ever noticed this orange stuff until now? Are your eggs squishy and cracked along the surface?

[Katatonic]

Occassionally an egg will take on too much moisture if the incubation medium is kept too damp... The over absorption will manifest itself as a slimy "sweat" on the surface of the eggs, and in my experience can turn a variety of colours, including orange, yellow and brown. You could attempt to move the egg to a dryer eggbox in the incubator, but chances are the embryo has already suffocated in the egg and any attempt to rectify the problem will be in vain.
Caution in the future when moisturizing incubation medium is about the only solution that I have found to this problem.
LATER.

[Tim and Julie B]

If I always use the same ratio of water to incubation medium then why would it affect only two of my 30 eggs? All are incubated in their own deli cups. Humidity is a constant 65% and the temp isn't fluctuating inside the incubater. Any ideas?

[NiagaraReptiles]

There are way to many variables to go over in a case like this, and you should also be aware that most Hygrometer's/Humidity Guages are only accurate within 20% (that's a pretty big margin). If you have noticed this sort of mold/fungus within the first few days of incubation, quite likely the egg(s) weren't fertile to start with.

Keep at it, and best wishes.

[Katatonic]

I was never aware of the ratio of water to medium that you were using, considering it was never mentioned. I did say "occassionally", perhaps the deli housing those particular eggs just so happened to recieve slightly more water (we're people, it happens), or there weren't as many ventilation holes knocked in the cup, therefore with-holding more moisture... As NiagaraReps said, there are many variables. Keep it mind, I did say occassionally, I didn't say always.
Happy herping.
bye.

[reptilez]

So for leo eggs, what should be the Humidity %. And are my eggs doomed. they look normal with no cracks or anything, maybe a bit thin.