First Eggs and Potential OOPS!!!

cat_named_noodles

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So I came home from a 3-day vacation (with the neighbors taking care of everybody) to 4, beautiful, little round eggs in my L. williamsi terrarium.:biggrin: I had a feeling it was going to happen (both girls were HUGE, and it appears they laid at the same time too!), and I placed tiny deli cups with tape next to the viv in case it did happen-but they didn't get covered.
I am not so much worried about that as when I did go to cover them, the 2 on the back wall (it's foam covered w/shredded coconut bark), fell off and down into a bromeliad (it did not have water in it thankfully!)! I carefully removed them, put them in a tiny deli container w/damp vermiculite, covered it and set them in a 5 gal w/a UTH. I THINK I have them facing the same way as they were in the viv-but idk. It's about 80-84 degrees where they sit. I even candled them today and I see yellow with a red spot in each, and 1 tiny horizontal vein in each as well- so I am hoping everything is ok. They are anywhere from 1 week to 4 days old.
The other two eggs are glued to the top rim of the tank (typical!), so were hard to cover- I had to cut up a deli cup and stick it over them w/tape and cling wrap.
SO, in spite of everything, what do you guys think-what's the chance that the eggs that fell off will hatch?
Also, I read in another post how to get eggs easily removed for incubation- laid in a bamboo tube-but I can't remember, was it with wax paper rolled inside?
Sorry this post is so long, my first eggs so OF COURSE I'm crazy about them! :D
 

Zippy

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Well, I'm new to L. williamsi and only have 2 unhatched eggs atm. So I'm certainly no expert. I'm surprised the two weren't glued well. I'm not sure if it matters if they drop, but my two are so solidly glued, I would think it's a bad thing for them to fall. On the other hand, the red dot and vein sound good, I guess, but then they are very new.

Good luck with them! I'm still awaiting something happening with at least one of my eggs! They were laid separately, about 1 month apart, the first one was mid-March. I hope all 4 of yours work out!
 

cat_named_noodles

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Down to 3 eggs. :( When feeding the adults, one of my ladies attempted an escape, and in my rush to close the lid I cracked one of the eggs in the viv open and dislodged the other. The cracked one was good too (veins/red spot). I am so mad at myself.:-x and sad too:cry:. So now all three of the eggs ar ein my homemade incubator. I am really hoping for the best. I will check on them in a few days to make sure no one's getting moldy. Oh, I hope this round doesn't turn out to be a disaster. We'll see though. Thanks for the good luck and same to you!
 
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