I have the Black book also. But i keep mine lower as well. Burke
Jen wrote:
> The humidity is fairly high. I'm not sure exactly, however. The vermiculite
> was moist and there is water in the reservoir (hovabator incubator). Nothing
> I ever read said that 80F was too high. (example - Rhacodactylus by Seippe
> and Henkel) I've hatched other cresteds at that temperature with a night
> drop without problems. Considering that, I didn't think temperature was the
> problem.
> My other clutches are incubating at 73 with a night drop, however.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Burke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 7:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Gecko] Crested geckos - failed to hatch completely
>
> > How high is the the Humidity? 80 is kinda high i have mine at 72 to 76
> F. I
> > keep my Vermiculite moist. I hope this helps some. Burke
> >
> > Jen wrote:
> >
> > > Hello again everyone.
> > >
> > > Over the past two days I've had two crested geckos who failed to hatch.
> The
> > > problem seemed to be that they could not fully cut the shell. They
> managed
> > > to cut a small slit, but not one wide enough to let them get out of the
> egg.
> > > In one case, it looked like the hatchling had made considerable effort
> but
> > > just couldn't get through the last bit. (the inside of the egg looked
> quite
> > > scratched up.)
> > >
> > > What could be some possible reasons for this? Is too much calcium (and
> too
> > > thick of eggs) a possible explaination, or is something else more
> likely?
> > >
> > > These particular eggs were incubating at about 80F with a night drop.
> > >
> > >
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