Just found out that my thermometer was wacked and eggs hit 86 degrees 4 the last few days. Are they still viable?
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Incubation temperature
abrevaderci
Jul 08, 2009 10:04 PM
Replies (3)
evansnakes
Jul 08, 2009 10:13 PM
theyll be fine
BrandonSander
Jul 09, 2009 12:00 AM
Don't worry about them. When I first started I would incubate at 89 degrees like everyone else, but then I heard from another breeder that he actually incubates at about 86 degrees. The babies take a couple more days to pip but, on average, they seem healthy and are more robust.
I've been using 86.5 as my incubation temperature for the past four or five years with no problems. The nice thing is that if I do have a temperature spike I have a couple more degrees of leeway.
All in all, they are subjected to a much wider temperature gradient in the wild than we traditionally provide or tolerate as breeders.
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kingofspades
Jul 09, 2009 12:38 AM
86 is ok. I've heard of people incubating at 86. Takes a little longer to hatch, but they turned out fine.
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