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Ok, so i've had my fertile eggs from my Snow female for exactly a month now with no problems at all..temps have stayed at 83*f for all that time...now im wondering if upping the temps to maybe..87*f is a good or bad thing...i know that the sex is locked after 2 weeks..so would the temp matter if it was to go up to 87* or 88*f, also..if i were to do this..how long would it be untill i see little heads pokin out?

Thanks

I’m not sure if the first 2 weeks does lock in sex, to tell you the truth. Last year I had bad luck with the raising temps. Most turned out male and I had one slightly deformed gecko. Recently I’ve been incubating my eggs at room temp hoping for females, and a constant 90 for the males

I got my first eggs of the season on 1/22/04, and they still haven’t hatched yet. So they have been incubating for 69 days now. The weather has gotten unseasonably warm here in Arizona, and room temp has gone from 78-80 to 83-85. You would think this would speed up the incubation process but it hasn’t for me.

A small increase like you are suggesting wouldn’t be bad IMO, but much more than 5 or so degrees would be unnatural. If you really want to play things safe, just leave the temps alone. Anyhow, just my 2 cents, can’t wait to see you babies!

DaveCable

>>Ok, so i've had my fertile eggs from my Snow female for exactly a month now with no problems at all..temps have stayed at 83*f for all that time...now im wondering if upping the temps to maybe..87*f is a good or bad thing...i know that the sex is locked after 2 weeks..so would the temp matter if it was to go up to 87* or 88*f, also..if i were to do this..how long would it be untill i see little heads pokin out?
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Thanks Dave, seems like your eggs have been in there for a while..seems like its gonna be a while for me also, lol oh well...it's worth it, i cant wait to see what morph they are and what they'll looks like...i also cant wait to see your babies!

hey..i was wondering...could you by any chance post some pics or your racks and eggs?, thanks

I don’t have a large picture of my rack online, but ill show you what I can. I’ll get you a pic of the whole thing if ever I get some hatchings.

The eggs:

two patternless geckos in the rack:

>>Thanks Dave, seems like your eggs have been in there for a while..seems like its gonna be a while for me also, lol oh well...it's worth it, i cant wait to see what morph they are and what they'll looks like...i also cant wait to see your babies!
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>>hey..i was wondering...could you by any chance post some pics or your racks and eggs?, thanks
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i incubate at either 80-82 or 89-90... i have never tried increased,however i am sure they have happened from the effects room temps have on hobovators. so i do not have any experiece with that.. i know people who have upped temps using the "Tremper" (marcia is gonna crap hehe) methond and they got alot of males, deformed babies and a relitively low hatch rate. however i have heard of others that used this method and experienced no broblems. the people i know who did it incubated well over 100 eggs each.
i personally woul;d try and keep it as constant as possible but thats just me
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-robin struck
R2 Reptiles

Thanks foir tyhe advice, i think i'll stick to my normal temp of 83*f for the rest of the incubation, thanks again

Danny

Is there a particular goal you have in mind for doing this? I would not be so confident that female gender has been established in only two weeks at lower incubation temperatures. Four weeks would be a much safer guarantee. If you are wanting to do this in an attempt to reduce the amount of black spotting in your snows, I suppose you could try it... but I think the only thing it would buy you is perhaps a little shorter incubation time. How much shorter, I couldn't say.

My incubation duration at 81-82 degrees are usually around 54-56 days, and at 88-89 degrees it's between 39-42 days. Those are the only two temperatures I use to incubate my eggs.
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Marcia McGuiness
Golden Gate Geckos
www.goldengategeckos.com

"if it aint broke dont fix it" (wow, i never thought id say that...ever!)
if all si going well then i say leave it, i end up with bad eggs if i re arange my herp room it seems like, id leave them be if all is well, and the little heads will show up, the longer the wait the sweeter that day is!