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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

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My female Flame has had some trouble getting the shed off so the other day i put her in a separate container with a hide and moist papertowels. I checked on all the geckos this morning when i got home and noticed nothing unusual. Tonight i go to feed them all and there is Flame sitting on top of two bright white, plump eggs. I had turned off the my incubator cause i thought she was done laying. So its back on and in the mean time i've left the eggs where they are.

Now seeing as none of her other eggs have hatched i'm not sure i should get my hopes up but i'm thinking this time i'll up the temps a bit more in the incubator and see if that helps. I had kept them at 82-84.

So i'm just wondering if anyone has had problems with their incubators being off with the temps? I am hoping that thats been the case and its just been to cold. As long as i left the eggs in the humid hide they remained white and plump, but as soon as i moved them into the incubator they would collaspe within a few days.

Thanks :)

I'm keeping my fingers crossed :)
Red :)
 
We keep indoor/outdoor thermometers--the ones with the wire that runs int the incubators. This helps us monitor the temps. I'm o/c with the eggs so I'm checking on them several times a day. Good luck with these!

Julie
 
I use those too. Actually i have three plus one that shows humidity. I also have a regular glass thermometer in there as well but none of them ever say the same temps. One will say 82 while another says 85. Its rather frustrating.

I changed all of the batteries in the digital ones so they all should be correct.

I guess all i can do is wait and see what happens :)

Red :)
 
well if you say they are colapsing then the first thing i begin to think is are they fertile? have you candled them? second i think that the humidity isnt high enough because i incubate @ 81 degrees and have very little problems with eggs colapsing even the infertile ones stay plump they just mold over but i would suspect humidity over temp if they are colapsing as an added protecton i put a couple cups of water in the incubator as well to add extra moisture also what are you using as a medium and how are you adding water to i personally use albeys way described on his web site www.albeysreptiles.com it seems to work for me pretty well and i know alberto of A&M also uses this method also if they are colapsing they eggs might have to much air flow any way i hope this helps Billy
 
We use albeys way, too, and that works well for us. We keep ours in closed containers without any puncture marks and have been very lucky with this method. It isn't too often that we lose eggs. It seems though, that the eggs that they lay at the end of the season don't seem to be as fertile as those at the beginning of the season.

Julie
 
When I first started breeding I was having the same problem. All my eggs were collapsing whether they were fertile or not. I was using vermiculite at the time but the following year I switched to perlite using the Albey method. It does work very well. After using the perlite I realized the vermiculite was drying out too fast. Now when I get an infertile egg it looks fertile and never collapses because the containers have so much humidity. The only way I know their infertile is by candling or spotting a little mold. :)
 
As billy said, humidity is important, I have a hobavator, and I leave a sandwitch container with the top off alf filled with water. I also pour water into the bottom area.
Also I use perlite.

And it's been on 82 degrees for months!

with no bad eggs....that were good to begin with!.....knock on wood!!!
 
I started out using Perlite but switched to vermiculite. I would moisten it up and then squeeze it out so it wasn't dripping. I also kept a container of water in the hovabator. I'm pretty sure the eggs have been fertile as i could see veins.

I'll keep a close eye on the humidity and see how things go.

Thanks everyone :)

Red :)
 
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