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Eggs still incubating

cadmus Aug 08, 2010 09:08 PM

I had posted a while back about my first attempt at having thayeri breed. The female dropped about 140 grams into the (13) eggs when the were laid. I now have 13 eggs (all appear healthy, firm, no mold, increasing in size throughout) they look like they are about to burst. I have kept the eggs at an average of about 77F but have a had a bit of a range according to my thermal scanner. Have had them as low as 73 and as high as 87 briefly - 4 hours or so (human error on the light in the cage below it). I was out of town for work when they were laid so i can only guesstimate the actual lay date. I have left them as laid - a circular pattern in a hide box with moss. However, they are in a double layer almost with some eggs above others. Is it possible for clutches in this arrangement to have prolonged hatch days? The parents are a applegate*applegate male from B Hansen and a K Casstevens produced abbott line female from M Rogers. I really hope i get a chance to see some within clutch variation. I tried to attached photos.

Replies (3)

antelope Aug 09, 2010 04:52 AM

All I can say is that looks to be an awesome pairing, the genetics are awesome, how long was the temp spike? You should be any day now.
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Todd Hughes

cadmus Aug 09, 2010 07:46 PM

thanks. i am really happy with both of the snakes. The temperature spike (and it probably was not long at the max of 87) lasted around four hours. a light in the cage was turned on and the automatic timer did its thing. this heated up the floor of the cage above it - housing the eggs.

MichelleRogers Aug 09, 2010 08:40 AM

I have been waiting to hear if you had babies are not yet.
shoot me a email when you get a chance.
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Michelle
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