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humitidity levels

limey

limey

hi i am a cornsnakeoholic
my incubator has a humidity level of between 87 and 91 % in all the years i have incubated eggs i must confess to never having used a humidity meter and i have rrarely had any problems - now i have added thehumidity meter it has got me worrying (i wish i had listened to the old addage "if it anit broke dont fix it") since alot of the people i have been talking to suggest it needs to be 100% humidity. So i would like to know what levels of humidity you guys incubate you eggs at

the temp in my incubator is 85 to 86 (sticking mostly at 85.5) and the air humidity outside the incubator averages 50% here in sunny old england (spot the sarcasm!!!!)
the eggs are on vermiculite mixed at equal weights roughly (if you squeeze it you can fell the moisture)

thanks all
 
I believe 85-86 is too hot for corns and you risk kinking and other defects. I woudl turn it down.

I am incubating my eggs at 85% humidity since it will go no higher, and 75-81 degress (night/day temp) and all are looking good. Put 'em on a shelf and forget about them! :)

The "experts" here will surely have better answers for you.

bmm
 
85 to hot ? ok ill turn it down what would people suggest ? 80 to 82 ish ?
 
I have always believed that 82 to 84 degrees is optimum, and I try to keep mine right at 83. However, I recently read of one that has his incubator cycle throughout the day from 90 to 75 at night, and he said he had never had any problems whatsoever. His eggs also hatched out at about 52 days too, but I would sure hate to risk my eggs testing his theory.

I may have to breed some normals just to see if he knew what he was talking about or not. I know that many have suggested that it is too high a heat setting that causes most kinked babies, but I am not certain that we have ever really tested that theory.

Interesting, but I'll keep mine at 83 degrees and just wait an extra week!

By the way, you can increase your humidity for your eggs by laying a damp paper towel over them in the vermiculite. It keeps in the humidity due to a lessening of evaporation, and when the towel dries out, it tells you that it's time to mist again!

Good luck!

:cool:
 
I usually incubated the eggs using vermiculite at out side temperature without any problem. Some times we have around 90+ degrees and I can say that I have a 96% of hatcling.
 
Thanks guys, i have decided to turn the temp down a bit to 83/84 ish and see what happens, an extra week is prefrable to no hatching :) - and as for the humidity tip thanks not the sor t of thing i would of thought of - i woould have worried about fungus/mildew infection
thnaks again
 
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