Posted by:
Tom_Reagan
at Sat Jun 20 11:15:08 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Tom_Reagan ]
Embryo development is not perfect and kinks happen. For whatever reason, the embryo just didn't form properly and it more than likely would have done the same thing in anyone's incubator. I dont think that it's anything that you did wrong and I wouldn't look at genetic weakness either. If you had half a clutch that was kinked...that would be a different story but a kink in the spine and sometimes gross deformities randomly occur in an otherwise perfect clutch. All that being said, make sure that you keep an eye on the temperatures all around in your incubating box where your eggs are, sometimes there is a degree variance in the front and back or the sides depending of where your heat source is and if you are already at the high end or low end of the incubating temps, 1 degree might make a difference.
This year I experimented a little bit with temps. Normally I incubate at a steady 88.5-89.5 This year (after reading what Kelly Haller wrote that maternally, burms incubate at 92.0) I incubated some eggs at 90.5 - 91.5 and had just as successful of a hatch rate with no abnormalities. Which to me, means that there is a pretty large range of safety for burm eggs and if you keep an eye on the temps, use a good incubator, good heat source and good thermostat, there should be little problem with temp induced abnormalities.
Congrats on your clutch and I hope that helps a little...
Tom
www.tomreaganreptiles.com
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- Kinks - nagrag, Sat Jun 20 10:44:58 2009
 RE: Kinks - Tom_Reagan, Sat Jun 20 11:15:08 2009
- RE: Kinks - HappyHillbilly, Sun Jun 21 16:05:31 2009
- RE: Kinks - nagrag, Mon Jun 22 16:00:13 2009
- RE: Kinks - HappyHillbilly, Tue Jun 23 13:22:00 2009
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