I have been incubating at a constant 79F with almost 100% hatch rate.
At 08:45 PM 6/4/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I have the Black book also. But i keep mine lower as well. Burke
>
>Jen wrote:
>
>> The humidity is fairly high. I'm not sure exactly, however. The vermiculite
>> was moist and there is water in the reservoir (hovabator incubator).
Nothing
>> I ever read said that 80F was too high. (example - Rhacodactylus by Seippe
>> and Henkel) I've hatched other cresteds at that temperature with a night
>> drop without problems. Considering that, I didn't think temperature was the
>> problem.
>> My other clutches are incubating at 73 with a night drop, however.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 7:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Gecko] Crested geckos - failed to hatch completely
>>
>> > How high is the the Humidity? 80 is kinda high i have mine at 72 to 76
>> F. I
>> > keep my Vermiculite moist. I hope this helps some. Burke
>> >
>> > Jen wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello again everyone.
>> > >
>> > > Over the past two days I've had two crested geckos who failed to hatch.
>> The
>> > > problem seemed to be that they could not fully cut the shell. They
>> managed
>> > > to cut a small slit, but not one wide enough to let them get out of the
>> egg.
>> > > In one case, it looked like the hatchling had made considerable effort
>> but
>> > > just couldn't get through the last bit. (the inside of the egg looked
>> quite
>> > > scratched up.)
>> > >
>> > > What could be some possible reasons for this? Is too much calcium (and
>> too
>> > > thick of eggs) a possible explaination, or is something else more
>> likely?
>> > >
>> > > These particular eggs were incubating at about 80F with a night drop.
>> > >
>> > >
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