Questions about kinked caramels and breeding

[PiedPeddler]

To be honest probably not.

There are very few things we, as keepers, can change within the development/ incubation process and every one of them has so far been touted as the cure to every genetic problem discovered in every morph so far.

It hasn't worked for any of them.

No matter what the problem you will see people trot out "lower/ higher incubation temps", "lower/ higher cage temps while gravid", "lower/ higher humidity in the egg box" and "supplemental feeding of the prey item"

It's not because they have done a single thing in the past it is simply because that is all they can do.

It didn't cure deserts, spiders, pearls, duckbills, bug eyes, kinks or anything else.

Eventually you realise it's all BS and greed. Depressing but true.


dr del

I have to chime in to disagree with dr del here. I understand we do not have a sound statistical data set to prove that lower incubation temperatures can reduce kinking in visual Caramels, but at the same time, the lack of that data set precludes his claim that "it hasn't worked for any of them", and I do not agree that "it's all BS and greed". What I see is the generally shared view based on many dedicated hobbyist and breeder anecdotal reports that lower incubation temperatures appear to reduce the likelihood of kinking in visual Caramels. In our personal experience, we have incubated below 88 deg F and our Caramels came out great. Therefore, any time we have Caramel eggs going into the incubator, we make sure the temp is below 88 deg F. Even if we get a kinked one in the future, I will be inclined to believe that we could have had more if we were incubating higher.

Paul