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DMong
at Wed Jul 7 22:46:03 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
No, 90-91 won't kill them for just a couple of hours, and into the mid-70's here and there DEFINITELY won't harm them, it will simply slow their development ever so slightly as opposed to 80-81 for that duration of time. Slight fluctuations aren't bad for the eggs, and slight evening dips might even be somewhat beneficial by letting the embryo rest a bit here and there. They will ALWAYS hatch in the mid-to upper 70's, it will just take longer(about 2 days difference for every 1 degree difference).
What IS dangerous, is getting into the higher temps past the mid 80's and into 90's!.
I suggest that if you cannot keep things at 80 or so with whatever you are using without absolute certainty of nothing going wrong, simply place them in a shoebox up on the top shelf of a closet with a reliable simple thermometer. Heat rises, so in a closed closet, it will likely be in the upper 70's. That is FINE!!!
When this is met, just make sure it is ONLY just moistened substrate, and not too wet, and BINGO!!!....little slithering crawlies will appear in about 70 plus days!
~Doug
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ARGGGH! - DMong, Wed Jul 7 22:46:03 2010