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    Day 43... few questions & pattern pics!

    My eggs are now on day 43 of incubation, and the 6 healthy eggs (one went bad early on) are looking great! I just candled them, and see good veins & movement in every egg... I can also see a clear pattern now, and got some cool photos which I'll post below. Mom is a normal who locked with a mojave & pastel, and my untrained eye says it looks like a pastel - or a nice reduced normal.

    I'm incubating in a converted mini-fridge with a solid door, using a 6qt tub with no holes and Glad Press & Seal. I had some trouble stabilizing the temps at first, so they lingered just above 90 for the first week or two. Since then it's been fairly stable, holding at 89.2-89.6 degrees. As I incubated at slightly higher temps, when do you think I should expect pippers? And do you think the early fluctuations will affect anything? They've all started to dimple this week, so I think they might hatch in the next 10-12 days.

    I also have a question about "burping" or airing out the tub at this stage... so far I've only been doing that every 6-7 days, but I read somewhere to do it more often after day 40ish. Is that correct? And when (if ever) should I remove the Press & Seal and/or lid? Is it okay for them to pip & emerge with everything still sealed up? I'm also a bit concerned about how often I've been opening the door and tub, but I had no choice for two reasons... one being the solid door, and the other being that I've had to maintain a moldy egg (since it couldn't be removed from the clutch). I have a couple of water bottles to hold temps, and have tried to do all maintenance without removing the tub from the incubator. Any words of advice would be appreciated, and wish me luck!!

    Here are the candling pics... I know it's a crapshoot at this point, but any guesses on the morph (or lack thereof)?





    And here's the whole clutch - including Mr. moldy egg, dimpled eggs, and a pancake egg (top right, been like that since week 2)


    The current setup


    Last edited by Lolo76; 08-04-2010 at 11:56 AM.
    Lolo's Collection...
    Ball Pythons: 0.4 Normals, 1.0 Pastel, 1.1 Mojaves, 1.0 Black Pastel, 2.0 Spiders, 0.1 Lesser, 1.0 Orange Ghost, 0.1 Honeybee
    0.1 Spotted Python, 1.1 Stimson's Pythons, 1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
    3.4 Corn Snakes, 1.1 Western Hognose Snakes, 1.2 cats, and 1.0 dog (47lb mutt)

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