Just looked back through my post and I actually did ask about the dimpling and sweating before hatching was only 11/12 days ago i asked
my brain is clearly not working properly in this heat
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Still looks like a viable egg on candling. I would also gently wipe off anything that looks like mold.
What do the eggs with water droplets feel like? If they feel very full, turgid and tight, or if they show “stretch marks” on the shell, they may simply be overly hydrated. If so, leave their lid ajar for a day or so and they’ll likely return to normal. Now that you’re past Day 50, it’s also possible that the sweating is simply one of those sometime indicators that they’re nearing hatch time. If this is what’s happening, the eggs will feel much as usual. If anything, they may begin to feel less firm.
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Nice looking eggs . I don’t see any mold . I see discoloration which is normal , I would take qtip and gently wipe those spots , if your qtip will turn gray - there’s mold . Normal discoloration don’t leave any residue color when wiped . On my moldy egg I did these , first I took the bottle cap and made that egg a throne , flat side up . I had to use a bottle neck ring so the egg won’t roll off , this way the egg won’t touch perlite and have either dry , it might lose a bit of pressure , it’s ok . You can spray the perlite around it while shielding the egg from water with a transparent plastic cup so water won’t fall on the egg directly . Second , I wiped the moldy side with Decasanum , it’s Decamethoxine, it’s potent but safe for reptiles antiseptic , I sprayed it on q tip and wiped the mold. I did it every day for several weeks . Until I saw the mold stop existing . Even if I don’t touch the egg for days and put it back on moist perlite . But I also had a window on that egg and mold tried to eat through its edges . I incubate my eggs in Bain Marie vapour type incubator I made myself . The baby successfully hatched , with a bit of help . It’s tiny but it didn’t have much space due to solidified yolk on the inner side of that window . Hope my experience with mold will help ! Good luck 
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So i took a q tip and rubbed it on the eggs with the discolouration and nothing comes off
Its just the one egg that it comes off and thats had mold since week one ish
I have noticed the eggs are starting to smell differently not a bad smell just different
Iv heard they start smelling like fresh cut green bell peppers around when they are due but I dont eat them so no idea what they smell like lol
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Yes , the smell of cucumber or fresh grass , it’s the smell of the amniotic fluid . It’s normal . Regarding the moldy egg , I would put it separately in something like a small bottle cap so it won’t touch moist perlite . I would advice to wipe that mold every day and if you can get antiseptic like chlorhexidine or decasanum ,you would be able to remove the mold permanently before it eats into membranes and kill the baby . Regarding the smell , either they are about to hatch or some egg leaking or sweating , my eggs didn’t sweat or leak , they didn’t even dimple right before baby pips .
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I did have the moldy egg in a milk bottle lid but it started denting in so o took it out
I saw movement in there a couple weeks ago but I dont often candle so not done it on that egg since
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Sounds like you’re doing everything right as best as you can and the eggs are coming along nicely! Good luck! Waiting is the hardest part…
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Yes when you take it out from
Perlite to put on dry cap , they lose pressure . But mold is also starving . It’s hard to find a balance . I have put my egg back only when I was sure I completely removed all mold
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It really is i hate waiting thought it would be easier once I hit 50+ but it dont lol
Day 54 tomorrow and theres definitely a different smell coming from the incubator i can smell it even before opening the tubs
Ita not a bad smell just new/stronger
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My second clutch of 2 alive eggs is on day 34 today . So I’ll have to wait even longer 
but I don’t mind , as long as babies are well and healthy .
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Haha, I agree completely that waiting doesn’t get easier as you approach their due date. In some ways it’s harder, seems to me. For the early weeks I can go along with life not thinking about them. When it’s almost time, that becomes impossible.
If you’re getting that new, stronger scent, they’re getting really close. Won’t be long now!
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They will probably keep me waiting mum didnt lay till day 51 post lock
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Day 55 today still no new signs im keeping fingers, toes,arms and legs crossed by next Wednesday they will pip
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Urgent advice needed plz @caryl @deanaii @snakesofshadowlake
I was checking the eggs this morning and picket up the 3 that were stuck together and they came apart 2 of them droped about 3/4 inches back onto the tub and one now has a tiny hole
What can I do to plug the hole or can I leave it
Iv put it on the tub and only tiny bit fluid has come out
There on day 57 today
Feeling really ■■■■ and praying iv not killed the babies
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I’d just leave them alone. I don’t handle eggs during incubation, after set up.
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I was trying to add more water to get humidity back up and needed to move some of the eggs
I definitely wont be touching them again
But should I just leave that egg like that
Looking online says it could dry out or bacteria could get in and says about using small bit paper towel and medical tape to seal it
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Eek. Hopefully they’ll be ok. You can try putting a little tiny bit of something like wax paper on the hole. You don’t want to use anything absorbent because that might pull additional fluid out. The wax paper should adhere and not cause problems. Chances are good that the hole will seal over.
Like @deanaii, I don’t normally handle mine during incubation unless there’s a problem. I got hands-on with some yesterday because I saw some mold on the bottom edge of one, so I cleaned it and checked the others in the bin. I also detached a failed egg in another bin. But that has to be the record for handling for me. If there is no problem, I don’t pick them up.
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Iv left it be
and i will not be going near them again till they have pipped well i wont open the incubator 
Its to hard not to peak everytime I go past them
I just hate the not knowing how long it will be
We leave in 13 days 
il be so sad if I miss them pipping
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Leaving the incubator closed may speed things up. Opening it lowers the heat a wee bit. Hoping they pip before you leave!
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Yes, I barely handle at all, too. I do open the lid to let in fresh air weekly, though. It does drop the temp a wee bit, but a good incubator will have thermal inertia (ie warm water that allows it to get back to its higher temp faster after opening).
Hopefully the little egg will make it! Sorry you’re having to grapple with guilt. I know the feeling, but mistakes are part of the process. Life has an amazing way of pushing forward regardless of our mishaps.
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