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We still have two that didn't mold, and they are hatching now! I can't believe it - the incubator got unplugged somehow a few weeks back, and was at 68F when I found it the next morning (no telling how low it got that night). Now we have two adorable hatchlings pushing their way out of their eggs! My daughter and I are just marveling at them!
These are first babies for me, so I'm in a dither. How warm should I keep the babies now? How long in the incubator? I have one of those hovabators with the wire ledge - can that hurt them (I've just covered it with wet papertowels in case they manage to fall out of the plastic egg container overnight)? Any advice?

when the babies hatch out they're usually very tired (figures!) and can remain in the incubator for at least a day (at least, that's how long i left mine in for)...

it's a good idea to keep things moist in the beginning, since babies still have the last vestiges of their yolk sac left, and it can sometimes tear and cause bleeding. i've heard some people say they leave theirs in until the yolk sac is absorbed, even. until my little babies got more active, i had the temperature in the eighties (like the incubator). when they start to eat, you'll for sure need to turn the heat up.

-ming

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Hi
i always scope them up with a q tip and then put them in a little box with papertowel and then leave it 1/2 to 1 day in the incubator and next day i put it in a cage .
very high baskingspot 115-110 and cool side round the 80
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