Here they come! - Page 2

Will0W783 · 03-09-11, 01:00 PM

Are fungal gnats going to kill the babies?

Reptile_Reptile · 03-09-11, 01:10 PM

GL i hope you get two neonates out of this

keep your chin up

derekcm87 · 03-09-11, 01:20 PM

Sorry about the first one but congratulations on the others!

mld · 03-09-11, 01:34 PM

Gnats will usually lay their eggs in the substrate, I can't see them harming the babies. House flies would be more of a problem with laying their eggs on decaying flesh.

Will0W783 · 03-09-11, 01:57 PM

Well wahtever these are they are the size of gnats but they laid their eggs in the snake eggs. I keep using tweezers to pick the maggots out, but it's nasty. The babies are still moving in the eggs and they don't stink so they must still be alive. I wish they'd just come out already. This is nervewracking and very discouraging.

mld · 03-09-11, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

Well wahtever these are they are the size of gnats but they laid their eggs in the snake eggs. I keep using tweezers to pick the maggots out, but it's nasty. The babies are still moving in the eggs and they don't stink so they must still be alive. I wish they'd just come out already. This is nervewracking and very discouraging.

Do you have a picture of the maggots on the eggs? Weird!

Ch^4 · 03-09-11, 03:41 PM

Sorry to hear about the first little one

Best of luck to you Kim on the next two. Keep us posted!

Will0W783 · 03-10-11, 10:08 AM

Sadly, the other two didn't make it either. They were found dead last night. I noticed that the eggs had begun to smell potent, so I checked and they were deceased. Poor little buggers....I feel terrible. I guess I'm getting pretty good at learning what NOT to do. Next time, eggs go into the incubator. I think that allowing the mother to keep the eggs in a large room and well ventilated cage allowed the gnats that seem to be plaguing my house this year access and once they got in they were next to impossible to completely eradicate and they probably killed the babies or at least made it harder for them.

mld · 03-10-11, 10:12 AM

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that the other 2 didn't make it!

I would give the enclosure a good cleaning and replace with fresh substrate.

Ch^4 · 03-10-11, 11:12 AM

Our condolences Kim.

You will get it next time.

Jenn_06 · 03-10-11, 11:14 AM

im so sorry they did not make it. better luck next time.

whoaxmary · 03-10-11, 11:31 AM

Very sorry to hear.

Atleast you were able to learn from all of it, and able to share it with all of us here so we could learn from it as well.
You're luck can only get better, keep your head up, you did everything you were able to.

Will0W783 · 03-10-11, 11:55 AM

I hope so...it was heartbreaking to see the little snakes dead in their eggs, fully formed. I know things happen, I just feel badly because they were little lives and wherever those gnats came from, I feel like I should have been able to prevent...they just got everywhere. I sterilized the mother's cage with bleach and put in all fresh bedding. The hatchling rack also got sterilized and dried out. I have no-pest strips and fly paper around the room so hopefully it kills the rest of the little ba$tards.