blue beauty eggs....help!!!

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Posted by kris on May 07, 2000 at 15:48:53:

Our female blue beauty laid 8 eggs last night...since we just saw them locked a couple weeks ago we weren't anticipating them this soon...though she had been a little fatter than usual (not as much as I had expected though), and did do a shed last week.

We currently have the eggs in a sweater box over a heat pad (ventilation holes in lid). The heat pad is hooked to a thermostat that is keeping the vermiculite temp at 82F. We're keeping the humidity as high as we can--it's about 95 right now. The eggs are covered in about 1/4" of the vermiculite. So what are we missing??? Neither of us ever really planned on breeding--buying a breeding pair was an accident.

We're concerned because the eggs sort of sunk a bit on the top as they hardened. Is this normal? Anything we should be looking for or doing would be really appreciated! I've read through all the old posts I could find and we're trying to follow those instructions.

thanks,
Kris

Oh, and no, we haven't candled any yet--have to wait for it to get dark! :)

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Re: blue beauty eggs....help!!! Dave T 05/08/00 (0)
Re: blue beauty eggs....help!!! Mike H 05/07/00 (1)
- thanks! candled some--look good!! :) :) :) kris 05/08/00 (0)

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: Our female blue beauty laid 8 eggs last night...since we just saw them locked a couple weeks ago we weren't anticipating them this soon...though she had been a little fatter than usual (not as much as I had expected though), and did do a shed last week. : We currently have the eggs in a sweater box over a heat pad (ventilation holes in lid). The heat pad is hooked to a thermostat that is keeping the vermiculite temp at 82F. We're keeping the humidity as high as we can--it's about 95 right now. The eggs are covered in about 1/4" of the vermiculite. So what are we missing??? Neither of us ever really planned on breeding--buying a breeding pair was an accident. : We're concerned because the eggs sort of sunk a bit on the top as they hardened. Is this normal? Anything we should be looking for or doing would be really appreciated! I've read through all the old posts I could find and we're trying to follow those instructions. : thanks, : Kris : Oh, and no, we haven't candled any yet--have to wait for it to get dark! :)

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