Moldy chameleon eggs

[chameleongalore]

I have a batch of 3 month old veiled chameleon eggs that are starting to get mold. I know it's obviously too much humidity but it spreads so fast so I was wondering if there is anything I can do? The eggs are huge and very healthy, I'm guess another 2-3 months max. I was thinking maybe there is like a natural powder or something I can kill the mold without killing the eggs. There are 65 all together, it would be so sad to watch them all die. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you

 

[chameleongalore]

I have a batch of fertile 3 month old veiled chameleon eggs that are starting to get mold. I know it's obviously too much humidity but it spreads so fast so I was wondering if there is anything I can do? I have wiped the mold off the ones that went moldy and I put them in another container but than today another 2 went mold so I'm thinking of moving all the eggs to another perlite container because it might be in the perlite.The eggs are huge and very healthy, I'm guess another 2-3 months max to hatching. I was thinking maybe there is like a natural powder or something I can kill the mold without killing the eggs. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you

 

[Solid Snake]

Why not move them to a new container, with new substrate?

Sterilizing the substrate wouldnt hurt.

You can stick it in mason jars, with a couple of holes poked in the lid, and pressure cook them, or boiling them for an hour or so would be good as well(the jars, not the eggs ).

 

[Olimpia]

Does your perlite have fertilizer in it? That may be the reason. You may have to just change out the substrate, like Solid suggested. I don't know how to get the mold off, however.

 

[JRchameleons]

I have read in several places that you can use athlete's foot powder to kill the mold, and supposedly it doesn't hurt the eggs. I've never tried it before so I won't say I recommend it, but it seems to be a fairly common remedy for fertile eggs that have molded.

 

[chameleongalore]

I have read in several places that you can use athlete's foot powder to kill the mold, and supposedly it doesn't hurt the eggs. I've never tried it before so I won't say I recommend it, but it seems to be a fairly common remedy for fertile eggs that have molded.

I read that too but I'm scared to try it. I might try it with a few eggs that have very bad mold but in the mean time I will take all the good eggs and put them in a new container with new perlite. Thanks for the tip

 

[Lathelia]

I honestly know nothing about eggs but first things which come to my mind are: salt, rice and flour.

 

[imcurt]

I have read in several places that you can use athlete's foot powder to kill the mold, and supposedly it doesn't hurt the eggs. I've never tried it before so I won't say I recommend it, but it seems to be a fairly common remedy for fertile eggs that have molded.

I used this method with some veild eggs a few years back. It did get rid of the mold.However I had a few problems and all said and done I ended up with a low survival rate,

 

[ecoreef]

Try a drop of hydrogen peroxide followed by a rinse with a water mister on the moldy eggs and move them to a drier container with drier substrate. Are you sure the eggs are fertile?

 

[Thezillaman21]

now\ im\ scared\ for\ my\ future\ eggs\ since\ kinyongia\ incubate\ for\ a\ long\ time\ and\ my\ cricket\ eggs\ always\ die\ of\ mold.

 

[chameleongalore]

I used this method with some veild eggs a few years back. It did get rid of the mold.However I had a few problems and all said and done I ended up with a low survival rate,

Thank you for letting me know, i moved them to a new container and the ones that have lots of mold I will just keep on wiping and if it gets too much than maybe I will try athlets foot powder because I don't think I have another choice.

 

[chameleongalore]

Try a drop of hydrogen peroxide followed by a rinse with a water mister on the moldy eggs and move them to a drier container with drier substrate. Are you sure the eggs are fertile?

I will try that on a few of them. I'm 100% sure they are fertile because they have veins plus infertile eggs don't live 3 months, they usually go moldy after 2 weeks. I've been breeding chameleons for 10 years now so I can definetly tell the difference between fertile and infertile. Have you tried this method before?

 

[chameleongalore]

now\ im\ scared\ for\ my\ future\ eggs\ since\ kinyongia\ incubate\ for\ a\ long\ time\ and\ my\ cricket\ eggs\ always\ die\ of\ mold.

Don't be scared, stay more on the dryer side rather than wet and check on them alot because it's easier to add water when the eggs drop a little than get mold that spreads really quickly. The dry eggs will just absorb the water and carry on. I have a fitcher male and I've been looking for a female for a year now, your lucky you have a pair of them. How long do they incubate for?

 

[ecoreef]

I will try that on a few of them. I'm 100% sure they are fertile because they have veins plus infertile eggs don't live 3 months, they usually go moldy after 2 weeks. I've been breeding chameleons for 10 years now so I can definetly tell the difference between fertile and infertile. Have you tried this method before?

Yeah I've tried it before. It worked on a few but most of them returned to being moldy(probably just because they were infertile). Good luck.

 

[Yellowant]

I have a batch of 3 month old veiled chameleon eggs that are starting to get mold. I know it's obviously too much humidity but it spreads so fast so I was wondering if there is anything I can do? The eggs are huge and very healthy, I'm guess another 2-3 months max. I was thinking maybe there is like a natural powder or something I can kill the mold without killing the eggs. There are 65 all together, it would be so sad to watch them all die. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you

its been awhile, but how did it go what did you do?

 

[Kat_72]

I have read in several places that you can use athlete's foot powder to kill the mold, and supposedly it doesn't hurt the eggs. I've never tried it before so I won't say I recommend it, but it seems to be a fairly common remedy for fertile eggs that have molded.

I did use the athletes foot powder as recommended in a podcast and with just a light dusting it stopped all those eggs I would of tossed actually hatched to my surprise. Wisdom from the ancients I think...and just like that I hear yodas voice lol

 

[Brodybreaux25]

I recently use a mix of Starsan to spray on my eggs that had mild mold growth on them and maybe a bacterial infection. Seems to have taken care of both issues but since I just sprayed a couple weeks ago I can not tell you if it had an effect on the final hatch rate.

Starsan is a food-safe stearilizer used in the process of making beer.