Higher Temp for brighter colours

[little_dragon_]

I know you have all heard about higher temps for brighter colours while incubating. Is two weeks long enough for the sex of a female before I raise the temp higher or should I wait 3 weeks?

[Reptile Kings]

14 days is usually good enough. You can keep 'em in there for a few days longer than that just to be sure if you'd like.
Hope this helped,
-Sam

[DragnDrop]

Before you try it, you should check into the 'success stories' using that method. A lot of people have had no problems using it, but there are also a lot who lost dozens of eggs, had deformed or weak babies, or ended up with males anyways or hot females.
I know Ron Tremper uses that method, but he's got very precise incubators. If you're fiddling with temperatures like that, you really need to have a reliable thermostat.

[Icefire]

Yeah, and you should wait 3-4 week to be sure they are female
and that mostly only work with red stripe and albinos.

[little_dragon_]

Well the female is an albino het, and the male is a tangerine albino..so should I raise the temp after the sex period of the eggs?

[Reptile Kings]

Hilde has got a point, many eggs have been lost due to that kind of an incubation technique, as well as some deformities.
I am finding absolutely amazing colourations on my female hatchlings that were incubated at a low temp of 82*F. So far my females colourations have been better than many of the males that were incubated at 90*F.

In my opinion just incubate the eggs normally, without switching them to a higher temp after a few weeks.
Best of luck,
-Sam

[Youkai]

When I tried using that 'technique' I lost eggs and got babies with eye deformities(among others), despite my gradual raising of the temperature.

Eggs from the same pairings, when incubated normally, resulted in healthy hatchlings.

In the end, I'd also rather produce animals who's color breeds true, regardless of incubation temperature.

[little_dragon_]

I've decided to leave the temp how it is ;)