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Hi Terry,
I would know your incubation temp for E.t.t. eggs and the days of incubation.
A friend had 6 eggs from a male calico and an f het calico. He had the eggs at 26°C but not the last week, here is hot and the temp raised to 27°. He pipped manually an egg and the hatchling went out and now is in good healt, at 63 pipped the other eggs but were all dead. On 6, 5 were calico.
thank you
regards
nazzza

I haven't bred taeniura in a few years, but when I did (ridleyi & blue beauties) I incubated them at 80-85 F, they usually hatched at about 65-70 days. They have thick shells, it helps to soften them up by covering them with damp paper after about 50 days.

This year will be my first time breeding taeniura taeniura.

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Mike Heinrich
mike@amazontreeboa.org
www.amazontreeboa.org

Hi, Nazza.

Sorry about the loss.

My female had two clutches, so far. First one went 60 days and the second clutch started pipping after 58 days. I kept the eggs at 82*F, except it sometimes got 1 or 2 degrees cooler at night. All my eggs hatched, but I may have helped a couple pip the eggs. I believe the temp should not go above 82*F.

TC

>>Hi Terry,
>>I would know your incubation temp for E.t.t. eggs and the days of incubation.
>>A friend had 6 eggs from a male calico and an f het calico. He had the eggs at 26°C but not the last week, here is hot and the temp raised to 27°. He pipped manually an egg and the hatchling went out and now is in good healt, at 63 pipped the other eggs but were all dead. On 6, 5 were calico.
>>thank you
>>regards
>>nazzza

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