Great tems have been sitting at 83.3 today with a couple spikes of 83.8
Unfortunately I cant do anything about the temps
They should be dropping by friday
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Will give that a try im just paranoid they’ll all escape
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Those temps should be just fine. 
If you’re concerned about the hole being too big you can always block it. You can fill it partially or completely with a dab of hot glue. You could also glue on some mesh or cloth if you warmth air to pass through but are concerned about the hole as escape port. If you decide to do that, try roughing the area around the hole with sandpaper first.
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Iv just got the eggs out the incubator as its cooler outside it and noticed one of the eggs has been flipped the mark I made is on the bottom
Looking back at pictures it was correct way up 3 days ago and I haven’t moved/touched in 2 days
Will 2 days being being flipped have killed the baby?
Do I turn it the right way up or leave it
I cant believe I did that I must have put in back wrong when I last moved them 
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That’s a good question. Hopefully the baby is all right. Data is more mixed on that than some might think. The advice is normally to leave them in their original orientation. It’s about the gas exchange. If I discovered, as you have, that an egg has been turned over for two days, I would leave it in the new orientation. By this point, a new stable area for gas exchange will have formed. Returning it to the original orientation would disrupt things again. Fingers crossed that all is well.
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Great thanks il leave the egg where it is
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Day 51 and iv noticed a couple eggs had water droplets on them
Iv not changed anything theres no condensation on the tubs tems have been perfectly steady just alittle higher than I wanted but not over 84
Everything online says water droplets/sweating is bad
What should I do ?
Pic of today’s temps
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought sweating this late into incubation indicated that pip time was drawing near?
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@emfraise Elijah I do believe you are correct. I think I remember @caryl saying that in a recent post…..
@crystalsangel08 Crystal I believe those eggs with the water droplets on them are close to pipping…….
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I thought it was a good sign too.
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I have no advice to share as I’m a newbie at this as well, but Banana is such a gorgeous snake. I love the yellow ones as well, and that name is adorable. Wishing you well with this clutch, and keeping my fingers crossed for lots of healthy babies!
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Oh really i didnt know that 
Is that bad though with it only being day 51
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I didnt know about that
But isn’t 51 days to early well 52 now
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I hope its good its been a crazy ride since start to now with everything 
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Thank you 
id seen a yellow snake when I was a kid and wanted one ever since and was always going to be called banana lol
Only took 25yr to actually get her lol
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Got pictures of the 2 eggs this morning
One of them has got a funny colour to it that wasnt there on the 6th when I took the last pictures
Question if its normal should I be wiping it off I didnt this morning but did last night as I panicked
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I try to wipe off anything I suspect is mold with a Q-tip.
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My understanding is that an egg that sweats simply has more moisture than it needs and it’s trying to get rid of it. @noodlehaus had an egg (she named the hatchling Leaky) that survived a similar ordeal, and so did @allytheant with her little palmetto baby in this post. Ally’s egg wasn’t leaky, but it did get moldy.
As for me, I had a couple eggs do the same thing around the same period of development last year, and unfortunately, the whole clutch went moldy despite my best efforts.
Suggestions that sometimes work:
(1) candle the affected egg(s) to see if there are veins, or if the embryo has already died (especially on the one that has changed color)
(2) give the eggs fresh air (still medium humidity) for about an hour
(3) sprinkle athletes powder on the affected area if mold develops (it appears that some have started to get moldy from your photo)
Things I changed for this year to improve my outcomes:
(1) Use vermiculite (I no longer use perlite because half my clutches went moldy that year, and I heard from a friend that half their eggs went moldy, too, on the only year they used perlite).
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Il wipe the wet off
I have looked into it more and a few people/sites say that they do/can sweat leading upto hatching
The mold/odd colour is new on this egg but the only other one with mold is the one thats had it since week 1
There is discolouration on a couple but its not buld and been there for weeks
I do open the tubs for air exchange atleast 1/2 times a day and there on vermiculite already
All eggs are still showing great veins and im still seeing movment actually managed to get it on video today 
Im holing they hatch closer to the 55/60 day mark but I wont hold breath
Times going so slow
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