Lateralis Egg incubations help

[OxDionysus]

I have been tryingo to incubate thsse egg cases but withno luck. I keep them on moist eat moss and in 3/4 ouch delli cups inside a gladward tupperware container. Its humid in there but my ooths keep getting "dents" in the cases. And i heard that if there are dents in the cases they are bad.

Any help??

 

[KyuZo]

Here is how i do it.

I collect mine every 3-4 days, put them in a small deli cub without a lid. then put that in a small critter cage that have an 1.5" of substrate. I keep the substrate moist and put the critter cage on a heat mat (because it's getting cold here). some egg cases will shrivel and some will not. have some patient, it will take a while for them to hatch.

 

[Matt K]

Dents are not a problem most of the time. Normally they may or may not dent in good conditions.

Try another substrate too- peat moss is acidic and can sterilize and ootheca. Use a coconut fiber product like EcoEarth or Bed-a-Beast or similar substrate. Or potting soil. Don't let them stay too wet either.

 

[Frédérick]

what are your temps anyway? as Matt said maybe another substrate, like vermiculite or coconut, maybe even perlite. you want a little condensation on the walls due to good temps(85-90F) and humidity.

 

[blazetown]

When I wanted to speed up hatching I used a deli cup with a few holes and put the ooths in a bottle cap inside the container surrounded by coco-fibre. I would just soak the fibre and it made nice humidity. Oh yeah and I put this almost touching the rim of a heat lamp for heat.