Condensation at forty four days
I am at 44 days of incubation with my first clutch and I have condensation on the side of my tub. Do the eggs have an affect on the humidity when they get closer to pipping? I didn't have condensation until now with 99% humidity the whole time?
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Re: Condensation at forty four days
I don't know for sure but I did not get any condensation in my egg tub until the last 10 days or so. I wondered too if it was from changes within the egg. I incubated at 88 degrees and 99% humidity.
Re: Condensation at forty four days
yes, here's a quote from pythons of the world vol.2 page 242 david g barker and tracy m. barker
"we believe that water leaves an egg during the last weeks of incubation because of the internal heat generated by it's rapidly developing fetus. the egg becomes slightly warmer than the surroundings and that, in turn, causes a directional osmosis that pulls water out of the shell.
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Re: Condensation at forty four days
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Originally Posted by
el8ch
Yup, right around 3 weeks prior to hatching the eggs may start to dimple and condensation will start to gather in your egg box... Like the others have said it is because the hatchlings are almost fully developed and this causes the eggs to be warmer than the ambient air temperature in the egg box.
what he said