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yay! she finally laid her second clutch ^_^ hopefully they're fertile, i have some questions though, im incubating for females, at room temp, im using perilite as the incubation medium
now..the temps read 80-83 but when i feel the perilite is somewhat cool is this ok or should it be warm?

I keep my probe right on the substrate near the eggs, if its 80-83 there you should have lots of females
good luck with the eggies!
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4.4 Leopard Geckos
1.0 Marbled Gecko
1.1 Red Eared Sliders
0.2 Siamese Mice

Thanks,. i keep the probe inside the delicup with the eggs right now it reads 82*f

I’ve been incubating some gals at room temp and I might be able to help you out. The room temps have been a bit low(77-82) here in Arizona, but I haven’t noticed any ill effects on my eggs as of yet. What I look for is even condensation (droplets) on the incubation container; this tells me that there is a good amount of humidity for the eggs. I’d suggest putting them in a Styrofoam container if the temperature changes are more drastic in your area. What are you doing up so late bud? Anyhow good luck with your eggs!

Here 2 pics of my eggs from this season:

>>yay! she finally laid her second clutch ^_^ hopefully they're fertile, i have some questions though, im incubating for females, at room temp, im using perilite as the incubation medium
>>now..the temps read 80-83 but when i feel the perilite is somewhat cool is this ok or should it be warm?
>>

Is there a marker or type of writing instrument that is reccomended for writing on the eggs that doesn't risk them aborbing the ink or dye? Just curious if that was an issue or something to worry about at all?

Thanks,

Lee
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1.0 Fattail - Amel het Stripe
0.2 Fattails - Normal het Amel, het Stripe
0.0.5 Fattails Juvies - Amel het stripe
20 Corn Snakes (many different morphs)
2 tubs of Mealies, a ton of Roaches and too many crickets

i doubt it, but it might be possible, albey uses black sharpies to mark his eggs, so i guess its fine

ok, I figured thats what they were using but somewhere I thought I heard something bad about doing that...hard to say I guess.

Thanks for the reply and good lookin Leo's you've gotten recently~

Lee
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1.0 Fattail - Amel het Stripe
0.2 Fattails - Normal het Amel, het Stripe
0.0.5 Fattails Juvies - Amel het stripe
20 Corn Snakes (many different morphs)
2 tubs of Mealies, a ton of Roaches and too many crickets

LATE?! haha its early here..7:52AM actually i went out yesterday and got a styrofoam box just incase i needed it LOL, thanks for the suggestion, good luck with your eggs also

>>LATE?! haha its early here..7:52AM actually i went out yesterday and got a styrofoam box just incase i needed it LOL, thanks for the suggestion, good luck with your eggs also
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>>yay! she finally laid her second clutch ^_^ hopefully they're fertile, i have some questions though, im incubating for females, at room temp, im using perilite as the incubation medium
>>now..the temps read 80-83 but when i feel the perilite is somewhat cool is this ok or should it be warm?
>>
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Crested Gecko Zeek:1.0
LEOS: Boo: 1.0 normal , Bronx & Nala: 1.1 blizzard,
Lily: 0.1 patternless, Abby: 0.1 albino, Zoe: 0.1 reduced pattern, Dot: 0.1 hypo
Chip: 1.0 papillion (small dog)

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Since we are warmer than most things around us, anything under 98.6 degrees will feel cool. If the thermometer in the incubator is reading 82, I'm sure the perlite is as well. Good luck!!!
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Marcia McGuiness
Golden Gate Geckos
www.goldengategeckos.com

Thanks marcia...i did NOT know that..LOL the temp is at a steady 82*f hopefully they're fertile and i'll have hatched my first babies ever.