help! my corn snakes have had eggs i have incubated them and put them in vermiculite they are stuck together i know thats normal but they have started to collaps after only 1 week and some of them have yellow marks on them do you thing they are dead or alive?plz reply i need help!!
There are two ways which have worked well for me, misting works well in keeping the vermiculite damp, but it should be just damp not wet, the other method i have used is to place the vermiculite on a couple of pieces of kitchen roll with plenty over hanging then to mist this, that way the kitchen roll act like a wick and pulls the moisture under the vermiculite.
Generally the best way to keep vermiculite moist is by misting it. However, it is important not to over-mist the vermiculite because this can cause damage to the eggs through mold development. Sometimes though, mold forms anyway... use discretion - too much water can kill the fetus' inside of eggs.
I genuinely won't be ready to help with vermiculite, yet i will make a tenet. attempt making use of hatch-ceremony (which would be bought on line from maximum reptile grant web content) and peat (which would be bought at maximum gardening centers). you additionally can want to get a small scale. Use approximately 30 grams of peat, 30 grams of hatch-ceremony, and 40 grams of water. Then merely get a twig bottle, set it to mist, and spray the lid of the hatching field a pair of cases each and every few days. it somewhat is an extremely effectual hatching medium.
