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Hi
I just candled my panther eggs, I have two clutch's cooking as we speak. the first one is from late august and the second one is laid about two months later. when I candled the first clutch the eggs glow red, the clutch laid two month later glows yellow.
is this normal? I have heard that eggs glow red when out of the dispause, is this right?
hope to get some good answers.
best regards
Dan Binderup
Hello,
You're mostly correct; eggs that are going through a diapause period will appear uniformly yellow, whereas eggs that are going through vascularization appear red (red blood vessels should be visible).
Here's a photo of an egg in diapause (F. lateralis) in its sixth month of incubation.
usera.imagecave.com/all2human/diaegg.jpg
This one is going through vascularization (F. pardalis)
usera.imagecave.com/all2human/vascegg.jpg
I hope this helps.
Fabián
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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com
Excellent photo example Fabian.
Kevin
Thanks Kevin....
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Fabián Aguirre
Zookeeper/ Freshwater Aquarist
Department of Herpetology and Freshwater Biology
The Dallas World Aquarium
(214) 720-2224
fabian@dwazoo.com
www.dwazoo.com
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