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Incubation Question...Worried

jha5100 Jan 04, 2010 10:07 PM

Hello,

I have leopard tortoise eggs in an incubator set at 87F. It is a little shy of being in the incubator for 3 months. I got home from work today and found the incubator off!! The surge protector was off...power must have went. The temp in the incuabtor was at 70 degrees. A 17 degree difference!!

I dont know how long it has been off. Im assuming 8 hours.
What does this mean? Are the eggs worthless? Will they still hatch? Will it affect there well being?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
-Jen

Replies (1)

joeysgreen Jan 15, 2010 08:34 PM

They'll be fine IMO. With many chelonians, some people have even reported greater success with regular temperature variations. Theory is that it is closer to what is experienced in the wild.

Ian

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