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How many breeders out there do not have their eggs collapse before hatching? For the last 5 years I have not had my eggs collapse prior to hatching. They have all been fat and plump right up until the babies start pipping. I always wonder if I might have too much moisture in the containers but it does not really appear to be so. Everyones experience is greatly appreciated.
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Rob Trenor
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We have had 4-5 clutches this year where the eggs have been very tight and never collapsed. The eggs in our last two clutches collapsed considerably a week or two prior to hatching. In both situations, the humidity/condensation seemed to be fairly equal. Despite the condition of the eggs, all babies were born healthy.

I would suggest cutting the "tight" eggs (carefully) a few days early. We cut ours around day 52 or 53 and allowed some of the fluid to run out in order to ensure an air pocket for the baby to breathe. This did not harm the babies in anyway.

Scott Priester

Brookside Reptiles

I have notiuced if they do not collapse, the babies have large umbilicals sticking out....if they do, they usually come out sealed up and ready

I get a mixture every year. But for the most part, mine do not collapse as much as some others that I have seen. I have had some hatch fully plump. I do wonder if it's too moist but then I have some eggs hatch plumb and some eggs hatch collapsed - all in the same clutch!
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

We are using the no substrate (no perlite-water only) incubation method. Our eggs stay full until about day 50 and then start dimpling.
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Louis Kirkland
Cornerstone Reptiles

It ranges between 49 and 53 days..Depending on how long they will take to emerge from the eggs.(Which kind of helps me to know when that will be too..If they dimple really late,then they seem to take forever to get out of their eggcuzzi!)
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Charles Glaspie

It all depends on how much water is in your tubs . If there is alittle extra wter, the eggs seem to stay plump all the way thou. Most of mine do dimple in abit before hatching and i keep my tubs closed with no air holes . I just don't add very much water unless they dimple in with in a week then i'll add more.
But yep Rob I have had eggs that where plump and full looking like they were ready to burst when they hatched there was allot of abeion fluid .

Greg VanZweden
http://www.vanzwedenreptiles.com/

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