No Dimpling

[aidenangel]

My clutch is on day 50 and are still as plump as ever and dont even look close to dimpling. Yet I see people whose eggs are dimpling at 47 days. Should mine be dimpling by now?

[majorleaguereptiles]

More than likely it's simply because you keep a more moist substrate during incubation. I mix my vermiculite/perlite fairly wet, and this generally keeps my eggs plump till the day I pip them at day 56. I incubate at 88 degrees and find that to work best for me. What temperature do you incubate at? I've played around with the water levels in the substrate and typically the cause of no-dimpling is just means you keep a more wet medium. I would recommend pipping them (day depending on your incubation temp) because I feel that plump eggs can be more difficult for the bps to pip themselves and may drown in the egg.

No worries tho.

[aidenangel]

I keep mine at 88 degrees and 80% humidity. I have them in no substrate right now. Right now I have them in a container with nothing(no vermiculite or anything). They got to moist at one point so I was told to let them dry out and empty out all the vermiculite. Its been several days now...guess their still very moist so what day should I pip them?

[mykee]

Incubating at 88 degrees, they won't be ready to pip until at LEAST day 56-58.

[Blue Apple Herps]

I wouldn't sweat it. I've had clutches that pipped fully swollen and others that looked like prunes when they pipped. Your conditions sound good. Just wait it out - they'll come. If you have to cut I'd wait to at least day 56. I used to cut on 52 but now wait at least 8 weeks.