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Egg Q's *pic*

Sedda

Sedda

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Well by female laid her eggs last wednesday and there were 7 white and healthy eggs :D this is my first clutch so I'm a litle clueless and want to do every single thing right :p lol

they are stored in a homemade incubator and the temp is about 29.8-30.2°C, I'm not sure on the humidity but I have been "watering" the moss (the eggs are on moss). My Q's are:

1. should I open the box every X days to let in fresh air (it is totally airtight)?

2. if not, when should I start checking them in case they start to hatch (so they wont suffocate)?

3. what should the humidity be? somewhere I heard that it should be as high as you can get it, but I also heard that if the humidity get's too high they will start to mold.

Here is a pic of her when she had just finished laying
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here's the homemade incubator, it is 100% airtight :D
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1) There should be air holes in it, the eggs have to breath, opening it and letting air thats a different temp in causes the egg temps to change to quickly and could hurt them.

2)I just open mine every other day to make sure there no mold or flies in them and thats its wet enough and when it gets closer to haching time (thet depends on your incubation temp), I check every day.

3)I dont use a hydrogrometer, I just soak the moss in water then squeze all the water I can out of it, then put the eggs on top and put white paper towel over it and spray the paper towel every other day, and if the eggs start to dimple, I spray them, it they start to swell, I dry the papertowel and put it back. that seems to work for me.

Hope this helps!
 
CodeJones said:
1) There should be air holes in it, the eggs have to breath, opening it and letting air thats a different temp in causes the egg temps to change to quickly and could hurt them.
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I've never heard that letting in a air of a different temperature can hurt them. Hopefully the temperature change between the eggs and your house isn't that drastic. If there are no air holes you should be able to open it every few days to let air circulate for a minute or two. You can also check on the eggs at this point.

~Katie
 
thanks :D
The incubator is made out of styrofoam (I think that's the word for it in english) that is used to make cargo-boxes on trucks, it was sealed everywhere with silicone, the lid is also made from the styrofoam, and there is a heat cable in the bottom :)
 
30 degrees C is too high a temp. I've heard that extended periods at 30 (90 degrees F) will kill the clutch. You want 27-29 degrees C.
 
Hi
My eggs are in a home made incubator too. I use a styrofoam box that live fish are transported in to shops, i then have a plastic tub in it for the eggs with vermiculite in it. I just open my box every couple of days to let the air circulate. Never had any probs yet :)

good luck with your eggs, they look good

Isobel
 
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