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Question on hatchlings..

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Well i had three successful hatchlings so far this season. Each one, had not absorbed their yolk sac fully. Could this be because of humidity problems or other problems? I use a hovabator. It only differs a degree or two during the day. No huge fluxes.

Any ideas for me? I always put them on wet paper towel and it always falls off. I never had a problem getting them to eat, but i just think them absorbing that yolk is a -good- thing ;)

any suggestions?
 
I have had quite a few hatch out with the yolk sac and probably more than I know since some hatched while I was not at home and could have rubbed it off without me knowing.

All of the ones that did hatch with a small to large sac have done just as well as the ones that came out with very little to none.

If they are hatching prematurely and sac still attached Id be more worried but if they are hatching at term there should not be a problem.
 
Desire, when you say " i had three successful hatchlings so far this season" does this mean that all but three eggs hatched successfully, or you only had three eggs and all hatched successfully? The reason I ask is because if you had, let's say, 20 eggs laid and only three successfully hatched but had their yolk sacks still attached, I would say you have a problem. Now, if all three eggs went to term and the babies are not premature, I wouldn't be too overly concerned.

BTW, I have a few every season that hatch that way, too!
 
Marcia) well lets see, out of my first clutch first hatched fine, second didn't make it out of the egg but started to hatch :( Second clutch an egg went fuzzy and the other hatched with a PA. (both from my pattybino mama) This was my third clutch (bombay's first season), first egg was infertile, second egg hatched with my tang albino. So realistically, 3 of 6 hatched.

I also have another clutch that the egg went fuzzy in, but the other egg is fine, and another clutch where both eggs are seeming to be doing equally fine :) (from bombay)

They all are going to their full term (around 2 months, incubated for female at 80 degrees) I was just worrying i guess. We have had no deformities or anything, and being my first season i think i am off to a good start. I just wanted to be sure however...
 
Desire', if you are using an Hovabator, I think that 80 degrees is 'pushing it' since they can vary in temperature +/- 2 degrees. In otherwords, if it is set at 80, it can drop as low as 78 which is close to fatality level. If you turn your Hovabator temperature up to 82 degrees, you will get temps that range from 80-84... still in the range for female offspring.

When eggs go fuzzy, it usually means that they are either infertile, the embryo died, or the humidity is too high. Getting the humidity right is probably the biggest challenge for most first-time breeders, and it is usually best to err on the side of too dry than too wet.

I don't know if the retained yolk-sack is incubation temp/humidity problem, or due to the fact that this is the first breeding year for your female geckos. Either way, you will be significantly reducing (if not eliminating) a potential contributing factor. Good luck, and congratulations on your little ones!
 
I agree that humidity would be a likely culprit. I've had similar problems when temps got too high, but never when they got low. I've had good luck with 1 part perlite by weight to .8 parts water by weight (Albey's method).

-Alice
 
I also use albey's method, but my cups have holes in the side (they are the normal punched deli cups) and then once a week i pour some warm water into the side of the dish, so it falls to the bottom of the perlite away from the eggs. Then it has time to evaporate up. I know the first egg that went fuzzy was infertile, as i candled it multiple times and it never "grew". The second however, died at an earlier state. That was my first hatchling to die at an early state. My only other hatchling to die was it never made it out of the egg. It pipped but never stuck its head out. After 3 hours my boyfriend pulled it out just in hopes and it was pretty much gone :( Very sad.

I seem to be having a pretty good ratio with the method i use for humidity, seeing as my cups evaporate a lot out because of the higher air flow. It is possible that i poured a little too much water in a couple times and got an egg to go fuzzy on me. I will add less water to keep it a bit on the drier side. My perlite is slightly damp, always clumps together. Never soggy or anything.

Thanks for the info guys :)
 
Oh ps Marcia, thanks for the info for the females! After this batch of eggs are out of the incubator, i will up it to 82 to keep a safer margin! :)
 
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