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I have incubated for female at 78-79 for the first 15 days. I just bumped them up to 88-89. How soon should i see hatchlings? I followed these teps from Ron Trempers site.

With that much of a bump in incubation temps, you might not see any hatchlings at all...

That incubation method has been well documented to cause the egg to die or produce deformed hatchlings... It also "hides" the true genetic coloration of the animal...

You should keep eggs a steady temp throughout the incubation

I have to agree, I've tried the use the temp of the reptile room as an incubation method befor & even with those slight 5 to 10 degree fluctuations I ended up with a higher percentage of deformaties & embryo loss then keeping them at a steady tempeture through out the whole incubation period.

Personally, I don't really try to incubate to achieve a desired sex. I just go with a steady 83 degrees to get the 25% male & 75% female split. But that's only true on paper, Actual results really vary.
Also at a steady 83 degrees I have a better idea of when to expect them to hatch which is about 6 weeks.