just want to offer some encouragement - my incubator, on its own, went up to 144 degrees (exoterra incubator- garbage made in china, don't buy!) twice - the first time i don't know for how long, and the 2nd time i caught it in a matter of seconds and immediately drove an hour away to bring the eggs to my friend with an incubator (at 11PM) - out of 8, only one egg went bad, and the 7 babies were perfect.