Re: For those who incubate at 87F...
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Originally Posted by
Ben.L
Sounds cool, pics of your dinker?
My first season also! Lucky enough to have all 4 of my breedable females lay for me. 3 girls to my butter pastel male with the cinny being my first laying 4 huge eggs, spider girl laid 7 and fire girl finally laid last week with 5 big'uns. Also had a pied project going with my pastel het male paired to a het female who majorly slugged out on me and only laid 1 viable egg... If I hit on a pied I will be absolutely ecstatic but trying not to get my hopes up!
As for the 87 degree thing, I cant see them taking too much longer, surely only a couple of weeks more than the norm? I admire your patience with trying the slower method; exactly half way today thru my first clutch incubator and I'm already losing it! :taz:
Wow! Sounds like a great season for you! I look forward to hearing how they turn out. I hope you hit on pied :) The waiting game for me is not easy! I do sometimes wish I incubated at a higher temp, but like Don said below, a lower temp can also decrease certain problems like kinking. I also heard it works to decrease wobble. I will definitely incubate lower next season when I breed my albino spider girl to my albino, and my bumblebee to the yellow belly. Try to weed out any wobblers ;)
Here are the pics of my Dinker, her clutch, and the father:
This is Mom. You can see the four spots on her head and leopard-like pattern on her body
http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/...ps37072a83.jpg
In this next photo you can see that her tail doesn't have the usual stripe to it that most balls have...
http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6420cf9a.jpg
The next photo is of Dad. He is very normal, but a nice guy none the less :)
http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/...ps83992ddc.jpg
And finally my clutch... obviously the day they were laidhttp://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/...ps73f71137.jpg
Candling an egg about 2 weeks in.
http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4aaebb9e.jpg
I dont have current pictures of the eggs. They look very much the same, except the middle one is starting to dimple noticeably. Everyone is still moving about in there though!
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Originally Posted by
don15681
sounds like from your post you did some research on this. one breeder I know incubated slightly lower than you and his eggs pip around 70 days. I saw the hatchlings a few days after that and they all looked very healthy and everyone couldn't believe how big they were.
another breeder I know did lower temps on his caramel albino clutch. he was getting kinking and when he lowered the temps, he still had kinking, but a huge improvement. he even stated that maybe he needed to lower them even more. this was only 2 clutches that I know of with results. these results could of happen even at higher temps. more studies need to be done to determine if lower temps will give better results. but what I've seen, I think it's well worth the research. good luck on your clutch and I'm also waiting to hear how it went for you! don
It is very nice for someone else to acknowledge all the research I have done. I am a veterinary student, and so it is in my nature to know as much as possible about the care of the animal as possible. I have a habit of taking ball python books with me to school to read between classes, and after exams! I do have a small addiction to these awesome animals! Thank you for your input on the lower temperatures. I had heard about a lower temp reducing wobble, but it is interesting about the kinking as well. Thanks!
Re: For those who incubate at 87F...
I incubated my first clutch at around 87* to 88* and they hatched around day 60. My second two clutches I incubated closer to 88*- 89* and they pipped on day 55.
Re: For those who incubate at 87F...
I had my first clutch this year with 5 eggs. I incubated at 87-88 degrees and the first 1 pipped on day 57. I did not cut any of the eggs and let them pip on their own. My smallest weighed 76 grams and my largest was 94 grams. As this is my first clutch I can't say if the slightly lower temp and longer time in the egg helped with weights but I know I am going to go with the same temp and not cutting again next season and see if I have the same good luck
