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im just eager to learn lol
when people breed there reptiles that lay eggs why instead of leaving them in the cage to develope with the cage temps, they take them out and icubate them ?

It is very simple, you significantly increase the chances of a good hatch rate in a very tightly controlled environment. Our enclosures, are not that environment - as sand drys out, humidity changes, temps flucuate sometimes - it just doesn't work.

That isn't to say they can not hatch in some enclosures, becasue that is not the case. It does happen, people stumble apon babies running around in the cage because they didn't even know they had eggs.

If you are serious about hatching eggs, you are digging them up and incubating them.

Takecare,
Mike.

You should never be afraid to ask questions. Far to often, people don't ask and make terrible mistakes or if they ask, they don't listen to expert advice. Mike answered the question well. You may also have seen egg raiding on TV programs where personnel will collect the eggs of endangered species in the wild to incubate them away from natural pests, predators and bad conditions to better secure a good hatch rate for increasing the native populations.

ok that makes alot of sense