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Well, I just checked on the other hatching eggs and noticed that one hatchling was not able to leave the egg by itself. It was able to cut the egg but wasn't able to get out, so I made the opening slightly larger. After looking at the dragon inside I realized that it had died and also that it was a conjoined twin. The twin had two seperate heads and was joined at the shoulder. This is the second pair of twins in this single clutch so I'm beginning to get worried. The other twins were not conjoined but one died soon after leaving the egg. They are in a post below. The parents are not related in any way, so I don't think it could be caused by inbreeding. The temperature was a little higher than the last clutch I hatched. But the last clutch was also with a seperate male. I'm really concerned about it. What do you guys think could be causing this? I'm knew to this so any ideas would be appreciated.
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Uroplatus henkeli
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
2.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

Hmm....Could be that the temps are too high. What temps are you incubating at?

It fluctuates from about 78 degrees to 86 degrees.
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Uroplatus henkeli
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
2.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

hi
what kind incubator you using ??

byeeeee
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www.dragoncave.nl

Hi
what you use as substrate to ahtch youre eggs??
vermucilite??
perlite??i know perlite can cause some times things am not shure of it but i have saw in in very early postings.
a guy named joey happend it to him .
he got doomheads and other things when he used that .
but i have got also some time a weird babie its nature and that can happen some times.
you can better hatch eggs at lower temps thats better .

byeeeeee
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www.dragoncave.nl

Yea i agree with B22. Umm it also shouldn't be fluctuatuing. You should have it set at a temp. Maybe you should move it to a room where temps stay the same in the day and drop to same temps at night. That's also why you should have Thermometers and hygrometers to measure the humidity and temps in the tanks.

When I said the temps were fluctuating I meant that they were going from about 85-86 degrees then to about 75-77 at night. I am using a modified hovabator, but with this happening I will be getting a new incubator ASAP! Thanks for your suggestions and support.
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Uroplatus henkeli
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
2.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

Hi
i always make mine incubator myzelf it working very wel here is a link to make a incubator youre zelf .
i always do around the incubator white foam so you not have much fluctuations .
you can use instead of rocks a U shaped stainles steel screen and then put above it some thing so beardie not drop in water when they hatch like a plate with hole of plastic dunno name whe name it trespa .
byeeeeee
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www.dragoncave.nl

Thank you very much! I think that I will try that until I can get a commercially made reptile incubator. Again thanks and good luck with your dragons!
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Uroplatus henkeli
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
2.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

Ok sorry i misunderstood that. It was a bit confusing haha. I use a havo bator as well i bought from LLL reptiles. Good luck with your dragons! Let us know what happens.

hi
i forgot to post link
www.xs4all.nl/~balor/incubator.htm
byeeeee
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www.dragoncave.nl