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Hey all,

I've been having a problem with panther eggs and I'm hoping someone can help. My eggs keep "sweating" prematurely. They will develop beads of water and then start to go bad. When I open them up to look inside there is very little or no development inside.

I think I may have been keeping my eggs too warm and have really prolonged the diapause. Recently, I got an Avey ambient room temperature incubator and I have dropped the temperature to 66°. I 'll keep them here for one month and then slowly increase the daytime temp to 78 while maintaining nighttime.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

I have never experienced this problem. I have heard of eggs sweating near the end of a normal length incubation that, when opened had dead fully formed babies inside though.

How old are your eggs when they do this?

I have read an article that said if the eggs were kept at (I think) over 80F the diapause can be 12 months.

Have you tried to candle them? When they are in diapause, they should glow yellow and when they are not they should glow pink.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Most of the eggs that are giving me this problem are quite old. I think I may have been keeping them too warm originally and extended the diapause. Right now, they are all candling yellow. I'll keep them real cold until Mid-May and try to bring them out of diapause gradually. It's just frustrating because I've killed my way through several clutches so far. Thanks for the reply,

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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

I know how frustrating it can be trying to hatch eggs! I "exploded" my first batch of panther eggs by keeping them too moist....I was used to veiled eggs. I've done a couple of other things to different eggs that caused them not to hatch too. I hope you will have good luck in the end....just keep trying! Panther eggs are harder than veiled and C. chamaeleon eggs to get the incubation right on.