Does anyone know anything about reptile eggs "heating up" or making their own heat above what you set the incubator at? Does this happen with tortoise eggs? I was just reading the Gila's forum and they were talking about this and how in can cause embreo death. Thanks as I have never heard about this before. Vic M
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eggs heating up?
emysbreeder
Mar 29, 2010 11:02 PM
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zovick
Mar 30, 2010 06:24 AM
For what it is worth, I haven't ever heard of this. From a scientific atandpoint, I don't see how the simple development of an embryo by cell division could produce any measurable amount of heat. It would take tremendous amounts of muscle contractions to do so (look at female pythons) enough to raise the temp 1-2 degrees above the ambient air temp, which shouldn't be enough to kill any embryos.
tripletoes
Mar 30, 2010 07:24 PM
This is something i have been close attention to lately. I spent a little coin on a high end inferred thermometer (RTEMP25PB). I have noticed some interesting things with mediums holding different temps. As far as the eggs? IDK, but the mediums yes. Straight Perlite for instance is much cooler than a Perlite\Peatmoss mix or Vermiculite\Perlite mix. Ssme incubators no cold spots same breed of eggs. The reason being is the additions to the Perlite hold in and insulate the heat with the spikes of the incubators and the straight Perlite not insulating well i think...I have noticed a temp. differance of as much as 3-4d!
