Incubator shut off, I'm so upset!

So I've got to say that I'm pretty upset and stressed today. I've got a clutch of eggs incubating at 90 degrees F, on day 51. Last night the power went out for roughly 12 hours and the incubator dropped down to 75 degrees F.

I am pretty sure that the snakes will be fine, but I'm still worried. The next week is going to be very long! :tears:

Im sure they will b fine. What most breeders tend to forget is that snake breed in the wild perfectly fine. And in the wild temperatures fluctuate all the time, this is nature. Its a given that this is a big drop and for quite a while. But as long as you get them back to normal. With a bit of luck u should b okay. Fingers crossed for you!


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Im sure they will b fine. What most breeders tend to forget is that snake breed in the wild perfectly fine. And in the wild temperatures fluctuate all the time, this is nature. Its a given that this is a big drop and for quite a while. But as long as you get them back to normal. With a bit of luck u should b okay. Fingers crossed for you!

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Thats exactly what I've been telling myself, "In the wild it gets freakishly cold sometimes, and the eggs are fine". Still, I can't help but be a bit worried.

Try candling to c if u can c any movement. Ur at day 51 now so u should c movement. If so this should put ur mind at rest


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Try candling to c if u can c any movement. Ur at day 51 now so u should c movement. If so this should put ur mind at rest

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I did, and if there was any it was too slight to see. I'm going to try again later when they are warm, they could just be lethargic due to the cold (hopefully).

I'll update later this evening

I'm really sorry to hear that! I hope they're all okay!

Dang that sucks! I'm so sorry that happened, keep us updated on them. I think they should be okay :) you should have some tough little hatchlings when they come out.


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Falling to room temp for less than a day at day 51 should be fine. It may extend the incubation bay a day or so.

Saying that sux would be an understatement, but as others have said I think it will be ok, just add a day or two to the expected hatch date. Fingers crossed for ya.

Yeah they should be okay. If you were planning to cut on 55 I would wait another day or three.

Incubating at 89.5F last year I had a clutch pip on day 53. I've cut every clutch since on day 52.

They will be fine :gj:

agree, this late stage you should be fine ... if it would have happened much earlier, not so much. Good luck, keep us posted.

Hopefully they will be just fine.

That said... power outages are an unfortunate fact of life in my area. We have above-ground lines so a winter ice storm or summer squall can knock us offline for a few days. While I don't have a whole-house generator, I did pick up one that can handle keeping my food and the snake food cold, and/or the snakes and incubator at appropriate temperatures. When I added up the potential for snakes + food losses - none of which would be covered by insurance - buying one made financial sense.

Here in FL we do have power surges/outages on a weekly basis. I have not had an incubator drop more than a degree over 1-2 hours yet.

That being said I do have a 5000w Honda generator handy that is set to back feed the entire facility should power be lost for any significant period of time. Just test ran the generator yesterday as a monthly "pm". I let it sit for a few years, and when I went to use it last season the carb was all gummed up. Since I got that cleaned up, I run it every month then shut the fuel line off and run the carb dry.

I'm all for saving resources, but this ethanol fuel is the pits!! It has trashed fuel/water separators on my boat every few months, so I just went to a fuel filter, since I have NEVER seen water in the separator bowl.

Even had they only been a few days old, I bet at 75 for a few hours wouldn't have killed them.

Keep in mind these guys didn't evolve with their eggs being laid in a perfectly controlled environment at 90 degrees for 55 days.

They'll be fine - don't sweat it too much.

Ah! What crappy luck Ricky :( as others have said, don't stress too much!!
Wishing you and the babes all the best. It'll be okay :)

i guess they will be just fine. i mean, what cold does is that it slows down everything, all the metabolism, but it only causes damage when it gets too cold and some parts shut down completely. everything slows down, and some functions slow down more than others.

a hot spike is much more dangerous and damaging, because some molecules denaturate. this really screws with metabolism and development because specific enzymes that serve specific functions get hit.

in nature, the places where BPs put their eggs have surprisingly constant temperatures. its termite mounds and rhodent burrows, and the climate is very constantly warm and humid around the year, and underground its even more constant.

but i dont see how colder temperatures (nowhere near freezing cold, just colder) for just a limited amount of time could cause any real damage. also in nature, that could happen when a storm hits or something.

by the way, my last power outage was, i dont remember correctly, something like 8 years ago and lasted for 4 hours. in Germany, somehow only the really big high voltage long distance power lines are in the open, everything else is underground.

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I'm all for saving resources, but this ethanol fuel is the pits!!

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Had a fire extinguisher not been handy I would have lost my 1969 Mustang convertible thanks to ethanol. The fuel lines have since all been replaced... along with almost everything else that was in the engine compartment at the time.

This time of year I would worry more about the incubator and my BRB's getting too hot vs too cool if we lose power.

GREAT NEWS!!!!

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GREAT NEWS!!!!

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What can I say......................... We told you so :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Yay! Congrats on the babies!

Yay! :D look at those cute little pippers. Haha they had to peek out say "Hey dude we aight, don't worry :P"


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4 heads, 1 to go....

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Wish I'd seen this earlier, but I want to add for anyone else who may have a similar issue. Last year, I was checking on my clutches before going out of town for the weekend. What I didn't realize at the time, is that the door caught the cord, and unplugged it to my incubator.

I came back and realized that the incubator had been off for 2 full days and my heart sank. All I could do was plug it back up and pray for the best - and there were three clutches at various stages of development from early on, to middle of incubation to late incubation. And the temps inside the incubator were in the 70's.

All three clutches hatched out fine. Now had it been a heat spike, the result would not have been as good.

Congrats on your clutch!

Great:D !! I'm glad it all worked out for you.