It's happening again .
Last 10 homeana hatchlings all seem to be thriving.
Thought I'd look over my eggs as I expected one of the redfoots to pip by now. Guess what, there is a hingeback Pipping. Shocked again. There are 3 clutches that were laid within 2 days of each other, clutches of 3 , 3 and 4. 2 eggs blew and 1 looks naff. So 7 maybe's. The last 10 had a diapause and then at 28.5°c. These did not, straight to temp at 29.2/29.5°c. The egg that has pipped took 110days. We shall see if it turns out ok.
I've tried to take a photo of the Pipping egg next to the most recent egg I've put in to show how much they expand. It hasn't worked. But they seem to get huge compared to when they are layed. Is this because I'm putting them in damp coir and covering with damp moss. I have a lid loosely laid on top of this tub within the incubator, so its super humid in that tub. Not dripping wet but very very humid.
The next clutch laid I need to weigh and measure the eggs from start to finish.
Last 10 homeana hatchlings all seem to be thriving.
Thought I'd look over my eggs as I expected one of the redfoots to pip by now. Guess what, there is a hingeback Pipping. Shocked again. There are 3 clutches that were laid within 2 days of each other, clutches of 3 , 3 and 4. 2 eggs blew and 1 looks naff. So 7 maybe's. The last 10 had a diapause and then at 28.5°c. These did not, straight to temp at 29.2/29.5°c. The egg that has pipped took 110days. We shall see if it turns out ok.
I've tried to take a photo of the Pipping egg next to the most recent egg I've put in to show how much they expand. It hasn't worked. But they seem to get huge compared to when they are layed. Is this because I'm putting them in damp coir and covering with damp moss. I have a lid loosely laid on top of this tub within the incubator, so its super humid in that tub. Not dripping wet but very very humid.
The next clutch laid I need to weigh and measure the eggs from start to finish.