right now are due to improper use of the 'Tremper method'

Basically, you incubate for a female and wait 20 days, then you gradually up the temps to 90 degrees for better color. Seems a lot of people are waiting too little before knocking up the temp or just going from 82 to 90 with no gradual process.



I've hatched out two deformed leos this year due to an incubation and humidity issue. The eggs got too humid, 6 died and the other 2 that hatched out were deformed. I'm still not sure if it had to do with the tems raising to almost 95 or if the humidity got to be too much or both.

Also... the two that hatched with deformities were from unrelated parents and were from 2 different parents. One was from my blizzard/het pair and the other my albino/albino pair



If you incubate at a steady temp and a proper humidity there shouldn't be any problems. I hatched out 7 healthy happy babies last year. This year I've hatched 10 babies and 2 were deformed from the before mentioned problem. I still have 6 good looking eggs. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed

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• Is it just me or is there alot of deformities happening? Question for experienced breeders - ZeR0, Tue Jul 15 18:43:33 2003
• A majority of the deformities- - armiyana, Tue Jul 15 19:01:53 2003
• RE: A majority of the deformities- - iluvblackfrancis, Tue Jul 15 20:34:54 2003
• some insights from a wandering mind - MatNga, Tue Jul 15 22:42:46 2003
• RE: some insights from a wandering mind - geeboo, Tue Jul 15 23:22:19 2003
• I recalled- - armiyana, Wed Jul 16 00:56:20 2003
• RE: I recalled- - iluvblackfrancis, Wed Jul 16 17:24:13 2003
• RE: Is it just me or is there alot of deformities happening? Question for experienced breeders - geeboo, Tue Jul 15 22:39:07 2003