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These little guys started pipping last night / early this morning, at about 32 days of incubation. They were incubated a bit cooler and drier than last year's clutch, which hatched at around day 27.

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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Congratulations Toby - thats very bimacesque of them going 32 days The one out looks quite large and chunky.

Sue x
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Ratsnakezone

>>Congratulations Toby - thats very bimacesque of them going 32 days The one out looks quite large and chunky.
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>>Sue x
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>>Ratsnakezone

Thanks Sue!

Well, its chunky - but a tiny little chunky thing. LOL
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Hi Toby!

Congrats! Nice hatchling! I expect my eggs to hatch in 2 weeks.
30 days don't happen that often in dione. Altough I have had it is china and korean diones, never in cherksy complex.
What temperature did you incubate them?

Best regards,
Gidi

>>Hi Toby!
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>>Congrats! Nice hatchling! I expect my eggs to hatch in 2 weeks.
>> 30 days don't happen that often in dione. Altough I have had it is china and korean diones, never in cherksy complex.
>>What temperature did you incubate them?
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>>Best regards,
>>Gidi

Thanks Gidi!

I was starting to worry about them, due to the length of time. I incubated them a bit cooler than last year's clutch, at 76 - 78 degrees F, with night time drops to 74 degrees F. Last year's clutch hatched in about 27 days at 78 - 80 degrees F, constant temps.
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Congratulations!

Nice looking hatchling.

Our Russian Dione's also hatched we had one still born which had sliced the egg but did not absorb the yolk. Out of the 8 eggs 6 young were born perfect! One egg died because it had no room enough to swell, found this out too late and one infertile egg.

They hatched within 3 / 4 weeks. Don't know the exact dates was on holiday!

>>Congratulations!
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>>Nice looking hatchling.
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>>Our Russian Dione's also hatched we had one still born which had sliced the egg but did not absorb the yolk. Out of the 8 eggs 6 young were born perfect! One egg died because it had no room enough to swell, found this out too late and one infertile egg.
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>>They hatched within 3 / 4 weeks. Don't know the exact dates was on holiday!

Thanks!

Of 9 eggs, 2 went bad, leaving 7 good ones. There are a few more out today.
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

This morning.

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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Congrats, Toby. They're looking good..

Did you incubate them on the shelf with no extra heat?

Like Gidi said, some of the Chinese and Korean dione have the longer incubation times. That is opposed to some of the others with very short incubations, like the Ukrainian I kept at one time, 13 days.

PS: Gidi, do you have pics of your Korean dione?

Regards....Terry
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Hi Terry,

Yes I have pictures of my korean dione. Will post pictures in the weekend.

Best regards,
Gidi

>>Congrats, Toby. They're looking good..
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>>Did you incubate them on the shelf with no extra heat?
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>>Like Gidi said, some of the Chinese and Korean dione have the longer incubation times. That is opposed to some of the others with very short incubations, like the Ukrainian I kept at one time, 13 days.
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>>PS: Gidi, do you have pics of your Korean dione?
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>>Regards....Terry
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>>Conserving reptiles by helping to protect habitat...
>>www.ratsnakehaven.com
>>www.scenicsantaritas.org

Thanks Terry!

Not exactly. I incubated them in a rack with back heat from heat tape. They were situated at about the middle of the shelf, and temps were mostly between 76 - 78 degrees F, with night time drops to 74 F. Last year's clutch was incubated at ~ 78 - 80 F, with no night time drop, and hatched in about 27 days.
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research