Unbelievably pissed

[DoubleD1996!]

I just went to my incubator and it was cold as a refrigerator.

Our city has been losing power back to back. And it must've shorted it out. Was beeping weird, turned it off for a bit. Turned it on thinking everything was fine. I check the eggs today and their ice cold. Maybe in the 40s I was too upset to check and candles the eggs.

I have no clue if box turtle eggs can bounce back from these conditions.

Just icing to the cake of how rough my years been.

 

[Cherryshell]

I'm sorry you are going through this DoubleD, hopefully they can bounce back!

 

[DoubleD1996!]

I'm sorry you are going through this DoubleD, hopefully they can bounce back!

I'm honestly acting out of character. I was already irritated. I brought them up to room temp and put them back in, but I'm crossing my fingers. Most of them were fully developed, no movement when I candled them. Box Turtles are cold hardy, but I'm not sure about developing embryo.

 

[Cherryshell]

I'm honestly acting out of character. I was already irritated. I brought them up to room temp and put them back in, but I'm crossing my fingers. Most of them were fully developed, no movement when I candled them. Box Turtles are cold hardy, but I'm not sure about developing embryo.

Given the situation, I'd say you are acting accordingly. Had it been me, there would've been a few more special characters in my post lol. I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya too!

 

[DoubleD1996!]

Given the situation, I'd say you are acting accordingly. Had it been me, there would've been a few more special characters in my post lol. I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya too!

Thank you

 

[Ray--Opo]

I'm honestly acting out of character. I was already irritated. I brought them up to room temp and put them back in, but I'm crossing my fingers. Most of them were fully developed, no movement when I candled them. Box Turtles are cold hardy, but I'm not sure about developing embryo.

I will pray and cross my fingers.

 

[DoubleD1996!]

I will pray and cross my fingers.

Thank you.

 

[Yvonne G]

I'll bet they're going to surprise you. Way long time ago, before I had even a teensy bit of knowledge, I put a clutch of box turtle eggs and a mud turtle egg on my bedroom closet shelf. No heat, not vry warm in there. A few months later I was looking for something and got up on a stool to look on that shelf, and lo and behold! ! Baby box turtles and a baby mud turtle!

 

[DoubleD1996!]

I'll bet they're going to surprise you. Way long time ago, before I had even a teensy bit of knowledge, I put a clutch of box turtle eggs and a mud turtle egg on my bedroom closet shelf. No heat, not vry warm in there. A few months later I was looking for something and got up on a stool to look on that shelf, and lo and behold! ! Baby box turtles and a baby mud turtle!

They were a little colder than room temp, but this story gives me some hope. Thank you!

 

[KarenSoCal]

I'm so sorry this has happened to you! I will pray for your babies too. 🙏
🙏 🙏

 

[DoubleD1996!]

I'm so sorry this has happened to you! I will pray for your babies too. 🙏
🙏 🙏

Thank you!

 

[Tom]

I've had this happen with tortoises eggs. They all still hatched.

Turtles have shallow nests in the wild, and some very unexpected temperature swings have been recorded. I can't remember the species or location, but it was going from the 40s on a cold night, up to 129 on a hot summer day during the course of incubation.

Based on the above, I'll bet they still hatch just fine.

 

[DoubleD1996!]

I've had this happen with tortoises eggs. They all still hatched.

Turtles have shallow nests in the wild, and some very unexpected temperature swings have been recorded. I can't remember the species or location, but it was going from the 40s on a cold night, up to 129 on a hot summer day during the course of incubation.

Based on the above, I'll bet they still hatch just fine.

Here's hoping. I know radiated go through diapause for the first leg of incubation.

 

[Tortoise Nana]

I’m hoping that your little eggs bounce back🥚🥚🥚🐢🐢🐢

 

[Cathie G]

I read somewhere that a drop in temperature like that regulates whether you have boys or girls. I had a little girl box turtle though with red eyes so that the cold or warmth may regulate a lot of other development also. Best wishes 🤞🤗😊🐢

 

[wellington]

Wow, that makes for a bad day, sorry. Like the others 🤞 everything turns out great

 

[Moozillion]

Crossing fingers for you!

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Power fluctuations on the grid and they want us all to go electric with our cars. Sorry, I had to rant. I’m sure all will be fine.

 

[Tom]

I read somewhere that a drop in temperature like that regulates whether you have boys or girls. I had a little girl box turtle though with red eyes so that the cold or warmth may regulate a lot of other development also. Best wishes 🤞🤗😊🐢

In tortoises, incubating at the lower end of acceptable will get you mostly males. Incubating at the higher end of the range for a given species will get you mostly females. Right in the middle gets you 50/50.

A sudden drop in the middle of incubation will not affect temperature sex determination.

 

[Cathie G]

In tortoises, incubating at the lower end of acceptable will get you mostly males. Incubating at the higher end of the range for a given species will get you mostly females. Right in the middle gets you 50/50.

A sudden drop in the middle of incubation will not affect temperature sex determination.

But maybe eye color? I'm still trying to figure out why I had a girl box turtle with red eyes.🤗