Are you sure your not Scott???? Actually, I do not know or care if they do or do not. Yes, its this kind of statement that slays the academics.

I do not care, because I have had no problem hatching reptile eggs. Any type. If there is no problem, I try not to create one.

With that said. It does appear that monitor eggs adjust to what they are laid in. After a period of time when in X conditions, died if changed from that condition. Of course that is not all die, but do experience stress if changed. My experience is, it takes about a 3 weeks to "SET".

I have not seen this with snake eggs at all. I have taken them from natural nests without problem. I have even hatched them in the car on extented road trips.

I realized decades ago, our artificial incubation is nothing similar to how they incubate in nature. Again, there is no need to change a simple successful method and make it hard and cumbersome.

Our eggs laid outside can take flooding and complete submersion, our inside eggs cannot. Our outside eggs can take huge variations in temps, our inside eggs cannot. The solution is simple, do not let the incubator/room, flood, or experience extreme changes. Both of which I do not allow anyway.

Many here get their shorts all knotted up is their Chickolater varies by 1/1000 of a degree. Not me, ours have no problem with a 20F degree flucuation. I have not concern if the eggs drop to 60F or raise to 100F. That is, if they do so slowly. Its simply not a problem.

I am caring on a bit as usual. But the problem with most(that are having hatching problems) are, they are attempting to hatch a dead egg. You see, reptiles lay, enlarged ovum(non fertilized, non shelled). They lay fertilized that have died in the female. They lay ferlitized that are weak for poor conditions, all the way up to strong healthy eggs. I would think common sense would dictate, one should understand the difference. As no method works with a DEAD EGG. Cheers

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