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today is day 33 of incubation at 89.9 degrees and when I candle them the snakes are about the sise of a pincil xshould they be bigger by now? and should or could I raise the temp a few degrees so they will hatch sooner like the guy on the post below that did his at 94-95 and all seems fine. just checking, this is my first ball clutch so I have lots of questions. thanks.

JIM

Dude the NORMAL hatching temp should range from around 89 - 90 degrees BUT NO higher, I think I dodged a bullet with my temps so high. I think one thing that saved me is that they were at the higher temps through-out the whole incubation since my Helix was reading 89-90 most of the time. I only checked my eggs after they started caving in and I knew my humidity was correct. That is when I discovered the temps were 92-95.7. AND I was freaking out..I wouldn't risk it by raising the temps just to hatch the eggs 4-7 days earlier. But like I said just keep them at the 89 setting....thanks David
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1.0 Pied(04)(RDR)
1.0 Albino(04)(RDR)
0.1 Spider(04)(RDR)
3.2 Pastels(03's)(04's)(ASF,Graziani,Bell lines)
0.1 Yellow belly(unproven)(04)
1.3 Yellow belly(unproven)(02,03,04's)
2.0 100% HET CLOWN(04's)(MHMR)
3.3 100% het albinos(03's)(high contrast bell line)
0.1 poss Het Albino(03's)
2.0 100% het pieds(03's)(Vin Russo,CRE)
0.2 100% het pieds(03's)(04's)(RDR,TWL)
1.2 Poss het pieds(03's)(PETE KAHL)
2.1 Poss het pieds(00's)(01's) hoping to get PIEDS this year(Vin Russo, Pete Kahl)
25 Normal adult females
60 04 females
15 normal mixed 03's
20 Assorted weird ball pythons 04's

thanks for the reply ! I would not have raised the temps unless several reputible people would have told me it was the right thing to do. so thanks again!

JIM

ps how about the pencil size at 33 days?

...embryos are somewhat translucent, in other words light passes through them, because the skin and musculature still has a lot of growing to do...so they appear a bit smaller than they actually are...no worries mate!

Scott J. Michaels DVM
Serpent City

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Jay A. Martin