Temperature Fluxes - How much is okay?

[Wildside]

Honestly, at this point, I would be surprised if that clutch makes it at all. Why did you feel they were too moist? What did you do to change it? In the future, if you incubate a clutch of anything, the best thing to do is leave it alone. Get the environment stabilized as fast as you can and then don't mess with it. You've given it a real awesome effort but I just don't think those babies are meant to be.

[Teal]

Originally Posted by Wildside

Honestly, at this point, I would be surprised if that clutch makes it at all. Why did you feel they were too moist? What did you do to change it? In the future, if you incubate a clutch of anything, the best thing to do is leave it alone. Get the environment stabilized as fast as you can and then don't mess with it. You've given it a real awesome effort but I just don't think those babies are meant to be.

Care to elaborate on why you feel this clutch won't make it?

I felt they were too moist because there was enough condensation on the roof of their little tub that it was dripping down onto the eggs and that is when some of them started getting those opaque-ish looking spots. All I did was remove the lid off their little container, which actually has stabilized the temperature.

[Wildside]

Originally Posted by Teal

Care to elaborate on why you feel this clutch won't make it?

I felt they were too moist because there was enough condensation on the roof of their little tub that it was dripping down onto the eggs and that is when some of them started getting those opaque-ish looking spots. All I did was remove the lid off their little container, which actually has stabilized the temperature.

They've been exposed to a very unstable environment. It's very early on in the incubation cycle and you already have 3 out of 8 that don't look good at all, with worrysome spots on the rest. You've done your very best with it and that's all anyone can do. Also, I'm not saying they absolutely won't make it. I can't see what is going on inside those eggs.

Breeding/Incubation is always a gamble. In this case the odds are stacked against you but that doesn't mean you won't come out on top. As avid as you are about taking responsibility for these eggs I'm sure you would have done very well had you been ready. I wouldn't have bothered with them honestly.