incubation temperature question

incubating my first clutch...i read somewhere that temps will naturally go up as the babies develop and begin producing their own heat...do i need to drop temps accordingly? for example, if i'm on day 50 and have been incubating at 90F, but find temps around 92 (due to development), should i turn the heat down to make up for the heat put off by the babies? or should i just leave temps alone?

You can if you want. My incubator is an upright freezer and I run my temp at 90-90.5 all the way up until I remove them from the incubator after they have came out of the egg

I personally do not touch the temp at all. I set my Helix at 88 degrees in a small refrigerator style incubator. If there shall be an increase in temp due to the eggs getting close, the Helix will regulate the temp for me.

I would leave the temps alone....At 90 degrees they will probably start pipping in a few more days.

Shouldnt the thermostat account for raising temps and just remain the same by not turning on the heat source?

i dont touch mine:colbert:
spooky

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Originally Posted by domepiece

shouldnt the thermostat account for raising temps and just remain the same by not turning on the heat source?

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

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Wouldn't that depend on your setup?

If your tubs have no holes and the thermostat probe is not in the tub the temp in the tubs would start to increase as the eggs get closer to hatching. I am sure the temp inside the incubator would start to increase as well due to the tub temp rising but not as much as inside the tub.

Now if the tubs have holes then yes I agree that the thermostat would regulate and not turn on since the hotter air is moving out of the tub into the incubator.

Not the expert just asking

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Originally Posted by joebad976

Wouldn't that depend on your setup?

If your tubs have no holes and the thermostat probe is not in the tub the temp in the tubs would start to increase as the eggs get closer to hatching. I am sure the temp inside the incubator would start to increase as well due to the tub temp rising but not as much as inside the tub.

Now if the tubs have holes then yes I agree that the thermostat would regulate and not turn on since the hotter air is moving out of the tub into the incubator.

Not the expert just asking

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I dont think you would want your probe in the tub anyway. I'm no expert by any means but how can the close to hatching eggs produce heat since snakes are cold blooded and dont produce an internal body heat. I can see there being more condensation inside the egg box due to perspiration but not actually enough heating up to raise temps significantly.

Dilemmas occur when you place the thermostat prob in with the eggs.

I myself would never place a thermostat probe in a tub with eggs, it just doesn't make any sense to do so.
If the thermostat probe is where it is supposed to be then the thermostat will do its job keeping the same temperature, and not fluctuate just because one egg tub is close to pipping and throwing off a little more heat.

The temps in that particular tub might increas a little but the incs temperature would not, meaning all of the other tubs with eggs in them would continue to stay at the desired temperature.