Reptile & Amphibian Forums

can anyone please what are the correct temps?!!

thanks
Paul

I incubate mine between 78 and 80F. The temperature fluctuates a bit during the day/night since my incubator is affected by the room's temperature.

I prefer to keep mine a bit cooler @ 72-74. Ya gotta figure....when they lay their clutches in the wild about 8-12 inches under the ground....the temps cant be that warm. Thats just my train of thought on the subject. Either way....veiled eggs are very forgiving as long as the incubation media has been prepared correctly...and I bet you could hatch them out without difficulty as long as you keep a steady temp somewhere between 70 and 84. lol.

>>I incubate mine between 78 and 80F. The temperature fluctuates a bit during the day/night since my incubator is affected by the room's temperature.
-----
Noah @ 2by2

Forgiving is a good description. I cannot believe that these things hatch
the way some breeders incubate them!

I had excellent results anywhere from the low 70's to the mid to upper
80's (back then, 10 years ago, I used an incubator that kept them
warm). They have a much better hatch rate when kept below 85
degrees, in my experience. When left below 80's, they are significantly
bigger, but take an extra month. When incubated in the low 70's, I find
them to be the most robust, but they take 8-9 months to hatch.

I have NEVER noticed a difference in the mortality rates between those
incubated around 80 degrees vs. those in the low 70's - just initial
hatchin size was bigger in the low temp babies.

Some breeders incubate at a straight 88 - 90 degrees. They have good
hatch rates, but the eggs hatch after 6 months, and hatch out very
small. They seem healthy, but the babies are just SO tiny. Most of my
babies were over 3" out of the egg. I've seen some clutches from other
breeders where none passed 2" total length.

A friend of mine, some time ago, had a cat that knocked his eggs off the
fridge, where they were kept. The eggs were scattered all over the
floor all day. Some of them hatched. Tough little suckers.

The temp in the ground in Yemen is very stable - usually in the low to
mid 70's. Coincedentally, the temps in my closet are in the low to mid
seventies, year round...