No. No drop. Do you think a drop in temperature caused this? Or do you think a drop would prevent it? I had more successful hatchings at the end of summer when the temperatures tended into the high 80s if they migrated at all. Not that this one wasn't successful. I just found the babies to be much more "alive" when the temperatures were higher. The last two (aside from the one I killed) were rather sickly looking but they look fine now. By the way, incubation is 84-86 with a rare migration to 87 or 82. The lower temps pop up in mid-afternoon and the higher ones creep in at night. I guess the air is more still at night.
Mike PS: Go Gryphons! ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [gecko]Yolk sac rentention > Hello. > > Just out of curiosty...do you give your eggs a nighttime drop in temperature? > > Quoting maleldil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > That's good to know. I wasn't too worried about it but it is interesting > > nonetheless. Physiologically speaking, something must tell the gecko to stop > > absorbing and ditch the remainder of the yolk. I thought it might be from > > low RH. > > The baby is not in the best of health after hatching but I think he'll make > > it. > > > > Thanks once again, > > > > Mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Julie Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [gecko]Yolk sac rentention > > > > > > > I see this a fair amount of time, it doe not seem to have any particular > > > pattern or circumstances. Usually it falls off by itself and the baby is > > > fine. > > > > > > Julie B. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This one had a portion of its yolk sac attached by the dried remains of the > > vitelline vessels. I dipped surgical scissors in iodine and snipped the > > dried vessels. The yolk sac was mostly dry. > > > > > > > >Question: Can anyone give me an idea why this happens? All of my net > > searches turn up water fowl yolk sac retention whereby a liquid yolk sac > > remains on the bird. The gecko's yolk sac was dry, and apparently > > jettisoned. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Global Gecko Association > > http://www.gekkota.com > > Classifieds > > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > > gecko mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
