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jobi
at Wed May 10 01:18:00 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jobi ]
Yolk represents 72-99% of the egg in lizards, This is 50-70% more then needed by the embryo to develop and hatch. Why a mineral diet is favoured to a high protein and fat diet. By reducing the volume of yolk protein you allow faster and a grater number of follicular to develop. = larger clutches faster incubation.
Something we never take into consideration; embryos produce metabolic heat, as they mature they produce higher heat levels.
Incubation duration is not only about temperature, but is also genetically fixed and species specific. This is why we can always provide better then nature for the eggs.
A constant temperature in the upper range causes toxicological damage to the leukocyte stem cells by increasing the level of urea in the blood, This is why your babies are week and short living.
All this is very clear to me, its all the science I need to study my lizards, I may be over enthusiastic but considering that my fellow herpers are sleeping on gas, do I have a choice?
Get on the lue and lets rock this party!!!!
Opps! In Your terms; get involved and we can share new and exiting ideas.
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 Ingo dingo bingo baby... - jobi, Wed May 10 01:18:00 2006
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