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I'm at 62 days now and have no dimpling. Temps ranged from 76 to 82 the entire time. Still nice and white and they have grown these two monthes...Thanks, Dave.

I have from a first year '02 female, a single perfect fertile egg from a 9 egg clutch... 68 days today and nothing happening yet. No dimpling either, however with my first clutch this year(pic of babies in the post below this one of yours) only 1 of 11 eggs dimpled before pipping and 11 big healthy babies hatched. That clutch began pipping at 64 days and all were out on the 67th day.

Same conditions during incubation... same incubator at 80-82 degrees, average 90% humidity in the incubator with good ventilation, just slightly damp vermiculite with several 1/8" vent holes in the egg box. Pics of both below. You can see they all increased in size significantly.

With this single egg, all appears normal... but the thing is quite large now and almost round. As long as it continues to look good, I will give it a couple more days before I interfere, unless someone advises me otherwise. Good luck with your clutch, and at your temps I wouldn't be concerned at all yet.

Happen to have any photos you could post?

Mike

Took some pics but don't know how to post 'em...That clutch of 11 looked good...Was thinking that with my temps being a couple of degrees lower that it might take a little longer...Have had two other previous clutches go bad for various reasons but thought I did everything right this time...Dave.

Hey Dave,

Incubation time is related to temps and cooler means a little longer, so I am sure you are ok on time. If you think you did everything right and the eggs look good, you probably did and you should see things happening soon. For me, 68 days at 80-82 is stretching it a bit so I have reason to begin to be concerned. I wouldn't worry much yet about your clutch, you are most likely right on track.

The easiest way to post pics is to log in to the photo gallery(link at the top of the page) with your username and password, where you can create your personal gallery. Pretty simple from that point, just click on upload photos link(upper right) after logging in and use the form that pulls up to select the category where you want the photo displayed on the site after posted(no matter where you select, it will always be filed in your personal gallery). Hit the browse button and browse to the pic file on your system, select it(make sure the pixel size and file size isn't too big), then name it as to how you want it titled in your gallery, the rest is optional and straight forward. Hit the upload photo button and wait for it to complete. You will get a page telling you that the upload is done, and you are all set. When posting here, you can then select the pics you want to display in your post from your photo gallery image list at the bottom of the post page. If you store your photos elsewhere online, you can also link to them by entering the link or image URL in the spaces above your gallery list window. Good luck...

Thanks for all the info on the pics- I'll try to get some up. It gets very nerve-racking this close to the supposed hatch time. Lost a clutch of Ball python eggs couple of years ago when thermostat on incubator malfunctioned and had infertile eggs twice on greybands(improper brumation I believe- never really cooled b4 this time)So, I sit and hope for the best, Day 63...Thanks again for the encouragement. Dave.

...and looking forward to the pics. Piece of cake!

Mike

I don't know how long the longest was but I usually start going nuts at about day 55. Really though I wouldn't worry until day 70.
Later jason

Here are 9 that hatched august 12th thru 14th this year.

9 perfect live graybands. on the 13th 2 others slit the eggs, but were still in the eggs on the 15th and it was too late, I should have made a little cut across the slits, but I didn't know, and the others came out on their own.

Jim