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I just went ot check the temp. on my pietschmanni eggs and it was 80 degrees!!!!! It turns out the heating system in my house went berzerk. Do you think my eggs will be ok? I don't think you could have been at that temp. for more than a few hours.
-Matt

Mad,

Find the coldest spot in your house and put them there. Thats the safest way to do it. I keep my eban's and phant eggs in a room that has a window open 24 hours a day temp usually between 65-75. Normally around 69/70. might change though because LA summers are hott.

j.

I do keep them in the coldest place in my house. I don't know if you saw this but my heating system went berzerk and heated up the rest of my house to 85. Luckily I did have my eggs in a cool area. They were only 80 and had a heat source going as well. I just wanted to know if you guys thought they were still ok.
-Matt

i doubt a short period of 80 degrees will prove to be detrimental to the eggs. now if this had gone on for more than a day, you might be in some trouble, but i remember hearing somewhere before that pietschmanni actually come from a slightly warmer area of madagascar, so it might not hurt the eggs as much as you think. and where do you live where your temps got into the 80's in march? open some windows and get some cool air in, and be sure to take care of the problem quickly should it happen again. im pretty sure we'll still see some healthy geckos hatching out in a while. how long did your first batch of pietschmanni take to hatch again??

Excet it was my digital themometer that screwed up. Anyway incubator was too hot for about an hour, dont know what will happen :0(

Stinks. Hope your eggs are okay!
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