Egg tragedgy - Page 2

crimsonking · 04-26-04, 09:31 PM

Katt, I've been there. Sorry you have to live it too. Every year my Miami female will lay her 2nd clutch UNDER the nest box. Sometimes I find it right away sometimes not. Anyway, I think if you would have put them directly into some very moist sphagnum moss they would have filled in and been fine. I have done that to countless eggs with some amazing results. Last year a yellow rat (wc someone brought me) layed without any warning on newspaper substrate. It was easily 3 days before I noticed there were eggs in the corner of her box. I put the dried, shriveled, hard eggs in some wet sphagnum and in 2-3 days--voila! All but 2 hatched.
:Mark

vanderkm · 04-26-04, 09:36 PM

So sorry to hear this Katt - with any luck they will rehydrate and you will be able to hatch some. Certainly many people have had good luck getting other colubrid eggs to rehydrate - and you may be able to salvage some. At least your girl is in good shape and there were no problems with her,

keep us posted on how the eggs do,

mary v.

Vanan · 04-27-04, 03:26 PM

It's nice to see all this support. Hopefully the eggs will pull through. It's difficult to kill a good egg.

Leviathan · 04-27-04, 03:43 PM

How are the eggs looking now? Real sorry to hear about that Katt. Ya never know, they might all turn out and if not there's next time

I think everyone was pretty exhausted after the show! I went from Calgary, 11 hours driving and then straight to flyball and then home to put everyone in there new cages! Long weekend but I hope you week is better! If ya know what I mean.

Alecia

Classic · 04-27-04, 03:58 PM

It can happen to anyone. I hope you can revive them. Sounds like there's a good chance.

Brian

Katt · 04-27-04, 04:25 PM

Checked on them today. They're still soft, still caved in, but still nice and white. I've add more moss and more water. Vanan thinks they may have filled out a bit more. We will see.

Thanks everyone for your support. I'm feeling a lot better and hopeful today. If babies do come out of those eggs, it'll be a success for us all! All these good feelings from everyone should help.

"You've got good vibrations..."

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