Questions about refridgerator storage

[Vespertino]

I have my ooths in a ziplock canister lined with a paper towel and some wood shavings. I'd been storing them in the fridge, and read here that you have to mist them 3 times a week.

So I went to pop open the container of my purchase chinese ooths to move them into a container more condusive to misting, I noticed they were very dry, weighed almost nothing and almost seemed crumbly. The carolina ooths weren't as bad, but I just got them in the mail. The chinese ooths were purchased from a store and I don't know if they did anything to help regulate the humidity while in storage. So I'm wondering if the chinese ooths may have already been too dried out before I bought them.

Since I don't know how long the chinese ooths were in storage for, is it likely it might be doomed? OR can misting help revive it?

My spray bottle doesn't mist as fine as I'd like and it drips, one of the carolina ooths got very wet by a couple of rogue drops from the spray bottle. If I make sure the paper underneath is dry will I need to worry about it? I'd imagine the ooths would withstand rainstorms out on the wild, so I'm not worried so much about the amount of water that got on them as I am about creating moldy condtions.

Thanks!

 

[CosbyArt]

Surprised no one has commented to try and help you. Not sure how much I can, but I'll try.

Regarding refrigerated ooths the most common information I have read says they just put them in and do nothing until they are ready to start incubating the ooth. If your worried about moisture you can do the tried and true method of, "put a drop of water inside the container and if it evaporates in 2 to 3 days add another. If the water drop is still there remove it.".

It's about impossible to tell if the ooth was ever dried out to the point that it is dead/worthless - sort of like telling if it is fertile or not. Just keep the ooth as you do the others and hopefully even if it was, some will still hatch.

Most recommend you do not mist or get water directly on any ooths though as it can cause molding and ruin the ooth. If you catch mold soon enough I've read that a mix of 1/2 bleach to 1/2 water used on a rag/qtip swab and very softly you can rub/kill the mold off.

The most common advice regarding ooths is not to worry about them and let nature take it's course and you will have better results than "playing" with it.

Take a look yourself using the search function on the top of the page from this forums main page and there is a treasure of information to be read. best of luck with your ooths and hatches