Will this baby die? What should I do?

Jmort85

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I've never handled eggs before. (Turtle laid them all over the house) The other two caved in quick but I kept this one because it looked ok. Today is day 90 and it started caving in like the others and was getting moldy, I hadn't been keeping it moist either. So I very much assumed it was a goner and let my boys open it. Well, there is a baby in there and it's moving. I feel super awful... Is there anything we can do? It's still in the sac I think.

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I think probably so. It is very undeveloped. Keep in an incubator on moist paper towel, or plain plastic with some Vaseline, the goal that it does not stick and tear. It will be paramount to have high humidity so it does not dry out. Good luck.
 

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It probably won't live. However I would put a plastic bowl over it and put a couple pin holes in the side of the bowl. Keep the paper towel it's on moist and keep him warm around 86.
I can't remember for sure who has tried keeping a premature hatch or cracked egg alive but it might be @HermanniChris or possibly @shellfreak
 

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Awww, the poor little guy - good luck, follow the advice!
 

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Arizona Sulcata has done a thread under this same breeding forum about incubating eggs without an eggshell. Prognosis isn’t good, though.
 

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Try wrapping the baby and egg yolk in a moist cling wrap and put it in an incubator at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Poke one hole in the cling wrap for ventilation. I wish you the best of luck!
-Mickey
 

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For future egg clutches, the reason your eggs started collapsing was because they need to be kept moist.
 

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