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Hi, well a friend of mine that works at the reptile shop by me is having problems hatching out his crested eggs, and I would like to help him a little bit, what do you think the problem is, he has 1 in side of a shoe box with a bunch of other snakes eggs N things, in a melamine rack, and he also has a clutch inside a little critter keeper with moist vermiculite, the things with the wholes in the sides and along the top, he has moist vermiculite in it. Thank you for any help

From:Brent Allen email leosrule182@yahoo.com AIM/AOL albinoleodotcom

The critter keeper and vermiculite method has always worked for me. What are the temps where the container is stored? Have there been failures to hatch eggs on previous attempts? How long have you been incubating the current clutch? Patience is required between 60 to 78 days. The eggs will start to look like they have gone bad just prior to hatching.

I incubate my crested eggs at 76.5 degrees and they usually hatch in approx. 70-80 days. I use 2parts perlite to 1 part water by weight in a ziplock tub with 4 pin holes for air circulation within the container. An incubator is not necessary and eggs will hatch at room temp, they just take longer. I would not recommend incubating above 82.
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