Surprize, surprize

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Originally Posted by Jahbeard

The lid is covered with only enough space to allow the heat lamp to raise the ambient temp to 80, I have added enough Bed-a-Beast to get the humidity up to about 60%, and since she is camped out in a Repti-cave I was able to do it without making contact with the eggs. The Accu-rite says the spot with the eggs is at 89 deg. I figure at this point all I can do is all I can do. Both her and her brother and sister, who I also have, were maternally incubated, so I am hoping for the best. Thanks to all for the input. Does anyone know if a female can tell if the eggs are viable? Will she sit on unfertilized eggs as readily as fertilized ones? You would think that she would know and not devote a lot of energy to it if they weren't viable. If anyone has a though on that, please let me know. Thanks again.

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You really need to get rid of that heat lamp if you want the eggs to have a shot. I would add another UTH if you can't keep the temps where you need them without the light. Just don't put the UTH directly under the eggs. The eggs are most likely fertile.

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Originally Posted by pfan151

You really need to get rid of that heat lamp if you want the eggs to have a shot. I would add another UTH if you can't keep the temps where you need them without the light. Just don't put the UTH directly under the eggs. The eggs are most likely fertile.

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The heat lamp is gone, the collapsed egg has perked back up, and I am pushing the humidity up as I type. I will wire some more flexwatt tomorrow. I pulled her off of them and candled them with the best flashlight I have and I'm sure I saw some veins in them. They are in a clump, so I was very careful. They still seem kind of squishy (and so does she), so I don't think they have been there very long. Fingers and toes are crossed, which makes it hard to type.