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Has anyone had condensation on their eggs? I just checked my suboc eggs and noticed some condensation on them in all three containers from two different females. I'm pretty sure it's because I went out of town on Saturday so I unplugged the incubator (I don't trust it not to malfunction and cook the eggs) then when I got back at around noon today I plugged it back in. The temp only got down to 70 while it was unplugged. But then it goes back up to 82 when I plugged it back in and it probably went up pretty fast. So I'm guessing it's from that. I left the tops of the containers off for now to let it dry out a little. Anyone else seen this before? Thanks.

Although I can't speak from experience as far as Subocs, I have had condensation occur on lots of colubrid eggs right before they hatch.
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Diego

SWCHR

Thanks for the reply. they look fine now after I left the lids off for a bit to get rid of some of the moisture.

Nice web site BTW!

Mike I've never seen that before on any of my trans-pecos eggs or other eggs but I'm guessing the same as you that is was due to the rapid temp increase.
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Randy Whittington

I see condensation in boxes after a cooling of temps but not increases........were they wet after cooling ? and before you turned it back on?....

anyways......IF they are sweating due to dieing...you'll smell it....other than that.....keep an eye on them .....

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The air is going to heat up more quickly then the eggs. Warm moist air and a cooler surface = condensation. It shouldn't be a problem.

That's what I figured. thanks for all the replies. They seem fine. No more condensation and they look perfectly healthy. I'll post pics when they hatch. thanks. Mike