Indeed it could. The eggs will actually grow noticeably between laying and hatching. Growing is a good thing!
“Usually” is the operative word, lol. 56 days/8 weeks is far from set in stone. It’s even kinda quick. If you incubate on the higher end of acceptable temps, you can get pipping that early but a bit longer is totally usual. Mine usually pip around 9-10 weeks, for whatever that’s worth. And yeah, it’s very anxious-making when they’re close, lol.
Slimy or wet can mean that the egg is absorbing to much moisture and it’s leaking. You can try leaving that one uncovered for a couple of days. (No moss, I mean. Obviously the bin they’re in stays covered.) Hopefully it’ll be okay.
Edit: I looked more closely at the picture showing the clutch. This particular egg looks a bit less calcified, which can explain its different texture. That doesn’t mean it can’t hatch and be totally fine. It might develop more discoloration and/or leak. Its texture may always feel different from the others. That’s not necessarily anything to worry over.
that sure is true. ive heard some stories where some eggs were covered with mold and still hatched. its pretty amazing how hardy they can be. but hearing something and actually experiencing it is different which is probably why im still worrying lol
Edit: also if the really tiny egg does hatch im thinking of naming it gumball lol
There were 10 healthy babies. One egg went bad during incubation. One had twins; one twin failed to develop and was DIE, but the other is on my holdback shelf.
thats very impressive. They sure can be hardy despite the look of the egg. Ill probably candle my eggs on friday and only do it that once this week. If no more eggs have veins at that point is that worrying or would it be normal? From where i have candled them previously i have seen the embryo in the eggs so are there veins that are faint that i just cant see?
Hard to say just what you’ll see with candling as things continue to develop. Basically, stick to incubating everything until they’re either pipping or there is absolutely no possible question that they’re bad. Nature is amazing. Odds are great that you have a beautiful bunch of baby corn snakes in your future.
The one that I said felt wet and soggy semms to have gotten worse so im continuing to leave the moss off and another egg seems to have a yellowish spot on it. Besides this all the other eggs seem great. Here are some updated candling pics and today is also now week 3 since they were laid
Good morning. Making good progress! Some of those are showing good vein development. It’s hard to see in some of them, though that’s not unusual. Some of them look like they could use a bit of a moisture boost. I would say that you’re quite right to leave the moss covering off the one which looks wet. I would consider giving an extra spritz of moisture to the moss covering the others, though. They’ll likely plump up easily.
And then it’s more waiting. Everyone’s favorite thing! Lol