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Gregg_M_Madden
at Sat Feb 20 09:19:18 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Gregg_M_Madden ]
Jon,
I have to disagree with this statement somewhat...
"Eggs dont stay a constant temperature in the wild, so we dont see a need for it in captivity."
Reptiles do seek out places to lay their eggs where the temps and humidity levels stay pretty consistant during egg laying season... This is why they start looking or test digging days, sometimes weeks, before they lay... Their eggs are not exposed to the elements for the most part... Eggs are either burried, laid in composting plant material, termite mounds or in rodent burrows where, no matter what the outside temps are, the temps in these areas stay consistant...
With that being said, eggs from North American species can deal with lower temps and fluctuations better than most species...
From my experience, eggs that are kept at a constant temp (even if at low temps)during incubation usually develop at a better, more consistant rate...
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RE: Incubation temp...? - Gregg_M_Madden, Sat Feb 20 09:19:18 2010