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Seems like she'e pretty much done. She was laying eggs at around midnight and this morning at 5 I saw her napping in the hole 1/2 way filled up. Gave her bit more light and she resumed the filling. I will wait few more minutes than I have to speed up the process and get the eggs in the incubators, since I cannot be late for work today (...working with another specie's eggs...). I also want to make sure I have the time to get her situated with plenty of food (this time she's getting Ca dust) and water before I leave. AT least, she is fine and didn't get egg-bound. Don't know anything at this time about the eggs, but she already looks so slimmer than I believe she really did it.

SO let me prompt my little question about eggs:
I read from the Hovabator manufacturer that breeders cover the deli cups with lid w/ holes. I saw picture of many of you in the forum where there are eggs is deli cups in the Hovabator, but I don't seem to see the lid. Not sure it was removed in order to take picture or it is simply not there.
The Hovabator I have has been running all set up for the last 2 weeks and outside the cups I have ~76-80% humidity, and in the cups is 71-74F temp, on thermostat (that I may increase to, I was thinking 78-80F)....so od I need to put the lid (with holes) on the cups? If yes, should it be thight?

Thank you, and will keep you posted with the final work...

Chiara

Congrats to you and Sunshine! I can't help you with the egg incubation question (Luna was never mated), but I am sure plenty of folks will answer - or just begin a new thread.

The day before and day after sure is drastic, huh? Luna always lost 1/3 her body weight!

Catch you later!

lele
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You will want to keep the temp between 78-80. Place the lids on the cups loosely. For me atleast it allows more moisture to get in. I used glad dishes and holes ended up more like slits because of the harder plastic. Leaving it loose also prevents you from taking off the lid to hard and moving eggs in the cups.

Thanks, I will. I just can't fit all these eggs in one hovabator. I read that would be better not to crowd them but to leave them 1 inch apart ...
I also called the manufaturer and they said you can put water in the groove in the bottom lid for humidity but that is done mostly for chicken egges since they don't use media such vermiculite.

Cheap solution instead of buying another incubator...use a people's heating pad (the kind with three settings that is like a pad) and make a one" x two" frame that fits over it. Cover the frame with screen to support the containers. Set the pad on the setting that makes the temperature for incubation 78F for veiled eggs. (The frame can be raised to attain that temperature in the container.) Place the containers on the screen. (I described the container set-up in the other thread.)

I have used this set-up as an incubator for over 10 years and hatched quite a few different types of reptile eggs using it.

Glad your girl is fine, thats the main thing, let us know how she made out how many lil guys we may get to meet one day soon, heheheheh
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