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My gravid female ambilobe just laied 20 eggs, the only probelem is she did not bury them. I found them all scattered around the floor of the cage. she had a bucket full on soil she could have laied in so i am confused. the eggs look white and healthy, what happend? also is it ok to have eggs at 76 degrees or is that to hot. thank you.

.The reason she laid them scattered about the cage is she was unable to find a suitable nest site. Panthers are very particular about where they will lay there eggs and if they can't find a soil that is the right moisture content, right temp etc. they will either become eggbound, which usually leads to death if not treated surgically by a vet or they will scatter the eggs about the cage like yours did.
Now for their incubation...Keep them at room temp or even a bit cooler (high 60s up to about 71) for the first two months then gradually (over a weeks period or so) bring them up to around 76 (no hotter than 78) and they should hatch in 7-10 months. This species requires a diapause, i.e. low temps in the beginning, so as to simulate their natural conditions of a "winter" (not a real winter in Madagascar lol) Hope that helps

The room temp. in my house is between 74-79 usually closer to the high 70's because i live in south florida. How would i go about lowering the temps if room temp is always going to be in high 70's.

Either buy this cooler/heater fridge that I use for about $140 or you can put them in the coolest spot in your house for the first two months and then move them to a warmer spot for the other part of incubation, but unfortunately doing it that way will most likely prolong incubation. I've heard of some panther eggs taking more than a year to hatch! The cooler/heater is not very accurate but is very helpful in cooling fairly inexspensively. Here is the link
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