A thinner egg shell typically means the eggs will be more susceptible to infection or fungal/mold growths. You'll definitely have to be a bit more careful with these eggs than most in my opinion, and I would try to not mess with them too much during the incubation process. They will also more than likely be more sensitive to moisture fluctuations, so having the right humidity levels will more than likely be key to success with these bad boys, haha. I've also read somewhere that the calcium levels contained within the yolk of Squamate eggs isn't typically sufficient enough to facilitate proper development, and that the calcium provided by the egg shell is actually used by developing embryos to compensate for that lack of calcium in the yolk of their eggs. I'm not saying your babies won't develop properly if the eggs go long term, just something to think about I suppose. This isn't based on personal experience with ball pythons though, just other herps and herp classes, so my opinion might not hold a lot of water. Either way good luck and keep us updated!
Cheers,
-Matt
04-01-2010, 11:31 AM
Matt K
Re: Super-Window Egg...
Wow, I just replied after reading the first post, and wrote up that long response, haha. You got me though!
