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Hey guys, I have an egg incubation question for you all. I had an unexpected clutch lay last Wednesday when I was aawy from home; a friend of mine who watered the snakes for me while I was gone made me aware of them, but did not feel comfortable moving or touching the eggs. I wasn't expecting this girl to lay (she hasn't been with a male this season AT ALL).

I was wondering if you all had any specific advice to give me for these eggs that have been maternally incubated by mom for the past 7 days, considering I will be moving them to artificially incubate them for here on out. I think her temps should have been fine to keep the eggs stable (I hope they haven't fluctuated too much; like I said I haven't been there), but the environment is certainly much drier than my incubator egg box w/ vermiculite & egg crate. I know consistency is key with eggs, and wanted to know if I should worry about anything in particular?

I've always been right there when eggs were laid and never encountered ones that have been sitting for a while already before.

I appreciate any help, in advance! Thanks for your time!
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

I have had heaters fail and still hatched fine. I would guess your herp room temps are more consistant than nature. incubate as you normaly would,and hope for the best.

Claude

>>I have had heaters fail and still hatched fine. I would guess your herp room temps are more consistant than nature. incubate as you normaly would,and hope for the best.
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>>Claude

I agree. Best of luck and honestly, if they candle with good vein structure you should have good results.
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Best regards,
AlanColesReptiles

Just be as careful as you would with any other clutch and the move will be great for the clutch. I spend a good bit of time away and occasionally come home to recently laid clutches. They are usually a bit dimpled from lack of humidity but I always move them into the incubator as soon as I get home and they hatch perfectly fine. The humidity in my incubator and egg boxes even tend to make the eggs plump up a bit so they dont look so dimpled after a short time in the artificial enviroment. I bet they will be fine so good luck with the clutch. Jay
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JEMreptiles@gmail.com from sunny AZ.

Lots of cool Ball Pythons along with
0.0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty and some great Bull snakes.
1.1 Argentinian Black and White Tegus
1.0 Gotti Pitbull (Tank)
2.0 Beautiful Bengals (Stryker and Cynbad)
12 Tarantulas
Last but most Important 2.2 Children

Thanks for the responses and I appreciate the vote of confidence, guys!
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

Just put them in the incubator they will be fine.