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my babies coming out the shell

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i heard this was cool but after 73 days in the incubator finally saw a shell with a baby head trying to poke out now over the last few hours a few babies have came out fully and most have the heads poking
this is really something else and im glad its something i got to witness 1st hand
just waiting now too see how many hatch out
thanks for looking
 

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Congrats, Mike!! Seeing those tiny babies hatching is an awesome part of breeding dragons! :D
 
I agree imember when they were laid now to see them finally come out man it's sooo cool all the time and work paying off I kinda wanna keep them all now lol but I have 3 other clutches in the incubator and no room for them when they start to get big
 
HA! Room is one thing, but ALL the crickets and/or Dubia is bigger concern for me. I've nearly quadrupled my Dubia colony in hopes of keeping up with the babies this year!
 
What's the substrate that you used for those eggs? Looks a lot cleaner than the vermiculite that I use.
 
it was repashhy superhatch incubation media
i picked up a few bags a the last long island show wanted to give it a shot because local stores i would of had to order vermiculite it worked out well but i dont think it kept most as well i had to add water 3 times in the 73-74 days but the humidity in the incubator never dropped just the top coat looked dry but yes its very clean and it doesnt stick to the babies a 2lb bag was $5 but i taked the guy into giving me 4 for $10
 
so far 14 of the 18 hatched out and look good waiting on the last 4 see what happens with them its alot of fun seems almost every hour or so one comes out
 
the baby tank

this is the set up i have to far its a 55g tank split with some basking spots added and 2 powersun 100w bulbs i think that should be fine if i can get the temps to 105-110
or should i add a 3rd powersun or a maybe a reptisun 5.0
 

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changed it up i cleared out 2 parts of the unit i have for better humidity
using 1 powersun 100w bulb the a reptisun 5.0 bulb on the other side the part they are in should be good for a week then so i dont get nips ill spread them out a bit its 3lx2d2h also with the the top vents closed the heat will reach an easy 105-110 i just grabbed anything i could to make a nice big basking area
 

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