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HOW LONG AFTER DIMPLING IN EGGS DOES HATCHING START AND DO I HAVE TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL FOR THEM EGGS WERE LAID JULY 15
AND THEY STARTED DIMPLING ABOUT 2-3 DAYS AGO

Thats pretty odd because all of my eggs dimpled at/around 42-48 days and hatched between 54-62 days.

Are you sure they were laid on July 15th?

Anyway, I do nothing special until they start coming out of the eggs which is when they are put on papertowel and placed back in the incubator. I only do this because I use a no substrate incubation and they could drown unless I switch them to papertowel when they are coming out.
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I'm assuming you've mixed up the lay date for the eggs. If they were laid on July 15th 2004 it would put them at day 88 (today is Oct 11 2004). If this is the actual date it means you are incubating them at in around room temperature and they are basically screwed. I haven't heard of anyone hatching Ball python eggs over day 70. From what I've seen if they are incubated any lower than 87F they have deformities and if incubated any lower than 85F they die.

If you meant that they were laid on Aug 15 2004 that would mean they are at day 51 (today is Oct 11 2004). This would mean that if incubated at in around 90F they are just getting ready to hatch. I'd expect them out of the egg in about 3-4 days. If you incubated them a little cooler than 90F they will take a little longer to hatch.

Good luck,
Corey

HOW LONG AFTER DIMPLING IN EGGS DOES HATCHING START AND DO I HAVE TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL FOR THEM EGGS WERE LAID JULY 15
AND THEY STARTED DIMPLING ABOUT 2-3 DAYS AGO

september 13th was your due date?......

you are over 3 weeks late......

what temps?.......

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