Yippee, yippee, hooray!!!

[Yvonne G]

Look what I saw when I checked the incubator this a.m.:

This is a baby from Phae's June 19th clutch of 33 eggs. Sixty days at 89-90 degrees. Between than and now I've tossed more than half of them because of mold and rot. If you look closely, you can see other eggs that are moldy but they don't stink yet, so they've been allowed to stay.

Each time, I learn a bit more about hatching eggs. This time, I saw that the window in the incubator was staying wet all the time, so I cleaned out all the vermiculite and put in fresh stuff that wasn't pre-wet. I just spritzed a bit of water over it and the eggs occasionally. But I still had quite a mold problem.

There are about 6 more eggs that are lookin' pretty good. I'm sure hoping that this baby isn't going to be an only child like little Emmie was.

 

[harris]

You just made my afternoon. Fingers crossed!

 

[Momof4]

How exciting! I can feel your happiness!

 

[Tom]

That's fantastic!!!

I wanna see him/her.

 

[dmmj]

great news

 

[Jacqui]

Alright!!!! Congrats! Now Emmie will have a younger sibling.

 

[Baoh]

My greatest congratulations! Captive Mep reproduction always feels like a huge stride forward with every pip.

 

[Yvonne G]

I picked up each egg to see if there were any more pips and the one just next to the hatching one was weak on the side, like maybe the baby inside had been pecking on the inside of the shell. So I gently opened it all around like the baby would do. It was fully formed, but dead about a day or so. Sunken eyes, but not stiff and dried out yet. Large yolk sac. A full side of the inside shell had been pecked at, so this baby either wasn't strong enough to get out, or died during the getting out process.

This is Phae's baby, so its name is going to be little Phaeri (fairy).

 

[exoticsdr]

Congratulations Yvonne!

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

Congrats!!! Phaeri is beautiful!!

 

[coreyc]

Congrats thats great news

 

[froghaven5]

Congrats on little Phaeri!

 

[Kristina]

Awesome! Congrats Yvonne!!!

 

[dmmj]

I have to ask, why do you think it is so hard to incubate these eggs?

 

[Yvonne G]

More than likely the loose nut behind the wheel. I don't think Vic Morgan in Florida has the kind of trouble I have. Trouble is, I only get one chance per year to try to figure out what was wrong and make changes, and then maybe my guess wasn't the right guess.

 

[Jacqui]

Love the name! So sad about the other one. But look at it this way, this year 2 of them made it to the hatching stage... and more may follow! *crosses fingers*

 

[RV's mom]

congrats on the survivor.. hope for many more in the future.

teri

 

[ascott]

adorable

 

[Millerlite]

congrats! exciting news! keep us updated

 

[JacksonR]

Just hatching the one is a great achievement!