Incubator malfunction

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phiraphon

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I found my incubator was stopped working this morning. It seems like the fuse burnt out sometime last night. The temperature was about mid 70s when I found out about it. There are about 15 eggs and a few of them are piping.
I have no choice but have to transfer them to another incubator. The one that piped I can see the baby moving around. I am just concern about those that near hatch. Do you think they will be ok from temperature drop last night and the transferring this morning?
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They should be fine, 70F isn't low enough to kill any developing or developed tortoises. Good luck.
 

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I agree with Tim/Robin, they should be almost fully developed.
 

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Thank you both for reply. Now I know the temperature dropped shouldn't harm them. How about the trauma of transferring them to the new incubator? I have to pick them up one by one to move them. Of course with the most diligent and careful not to rotate them.
 

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phiraphon said:
Thank you both for reply. Now I know the temperature dropped shouldn't harm them. How about the trauma of transferring them to the new incubator? I have to pick them up one by one to move them. Of course with the most diligent and careful not to rotate them.

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11 out of 15 hatched so far :)
Thank you everyone for encouragement.
 
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