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What is the longest time anyone has had a clutch incubate before piping? Also are the bottoms of the eggs supposed to look wet......like where the babies are sitting in the egg?

wet = bad. Dead eggs sometimes "sweat". Eggs should apear white, dry and somewhat chalky/rough right up until hatching. If an egg has a wet, waxy look to it, it is likely dead. As far as the time fram goes, at about 89 degrees my longest incubation period has been 61 days (until pipping). Normally its around 55 to 56 days...

first baby ball pipped yesterday at day 69 according to the card.....a little long..even for me....I have seen 64 maybe even 65.......today another pipped and I cut the rest so I can take them from incubator........long time.....

I have girls setting right now that look like they are trying to hatch their eggs inside themselves.....one girl is at day 48 or so I think.......and looks really fat and ready.....alot are going 45 days and then some to lay this year.......I have no idea why.......

......temps are the same here as always.......they just like messing with us? or they know that they won't be sold till next February anyways so why hurry....?

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so many babies.--so little time....
not to mention space......
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69 days is a long time, what do you have your incubator set at, 75 degrees

I think the longest I had was about 60 days, and that was at 89.2-90.0 degrees.

same here, got females 15-20 days over due...supposedly, lol

How many of them is it there first clutch ? Just curies . Thanks David of DS Reptile Rescue

some are firts and some are 6 th or more?......

the girl I am waiting on the most due to her apperarence is like a '98 baby I think ......so it's her 6th or 7th clutch....she lays like 10 or 12 .......

balls anywhere from 24? months old to maybe 25 years old?.they were big when I got some about 12 years ago.....at least.

some have heat taped raxx and some have just room temps......80 to 86......

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so many babies.--so little time....
not to mention space......
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I was just queries , It seems like all my 2nd clutch layers seem to take longer than the first timers and any others . David

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Last year I had 2 clutchs go to day 70, I got worried and cut them. They could have used a few more days. Incubated at 86 degrees. I believe I opened the incubator way to much which delayed their development.
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