indented burm eggs...help

[dee]

This is my very first experience with a clutch of eggs. My burm laid 25 and there were 6 slugs. Some of them got too wet and I'm not sure they will survive, they started to collapse and turn yellow. But I have 6 that look perfect and then I have white ones that have a dent or crease in them.

My question is: can I save the ones that are dented like this? These were on the top of the clutch and I think they got too dry or didn't get enough humidity. I have moved most of the eggs in to an incubator and need to know some opinions on how to care for them so that They might still live. or does the indent mean that I'm too late?

Also the ones that got too wet and they began to yellow, can they be gradually dried in order to save them or what? They were on the bottom of the clutch and a couple of them have blue spots or lines on them as well.I don't think they got enough oxygen before I removed them from the female.

I feel so bad that I may lose these eggs, It's probably my inexperience and allowing her to incubate that caused these problems and I'm hoping some of you can give me some good news, so far I think I may only get the 6 that look good, but they aren't due to hatch till the middle of August and I don't want to lose anymore than necessary. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_frown.gif[/img]
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[BadKarma]

For the indented ones you may try putting a damp paper towel over them for a day. This can help them plump back up sometimes. Hope this helps alittle. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]
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[dee]

Thanks for posting...I was begining to think there was nobody here.
I've taken suggestions from some other people and I think some of the eggs will survive.
they seem to be incubating well and I have decided to let them alone instesd of trying so hard to "DO SOMETHING", I'm going to keep the humidity and the temps up to par and hope for the best. I've also decided to do things very differently next time.

I did find out, however, that at least 8 of the eggs were infertile they looked really bad, so I cut them open and found that there was no embryo or anything inside. 12 eggs out of 25 left, and I'm just letting what will be ...be.

thanks again
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[Ritchie]

don't forget...they are also supposed to indent at least a little
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[Ophiophagus-hannah]

I do hope everything turn out well with them. Good luck!
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[gomez18]

As far as I know, indentations are not the kiss of death for eggs. I've seen some badly dented eggs come out fine but they came out kind of small. The blue lines can be pretty damning though. Eggs tend to have a certain anti-bacterial capability but, if the embryo dies, that capability goes away and you tend to get green-blue or blue lines as the gram-negative bacteria take over. If anyone else has opinions on this, I'd love to hear them as I'm still pretty new to the field.

Thanks
Carl
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