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[Whitey]

I left my house today for about an hour and a half and when I got back I checked my incubator and it was up to 100.... for those of you with experience, is there any hope??? The eggs still seem fine but I dont know... I feel like... you know what... worse than that really... enough to take off of work tonight and drink. This is my first time and I read and read and read on how to do things but I dont know.... and worse, I have like 5 more eggs coming in asap... thanks.

p.s. I got the eggs back down to 84 as of right now.

 

[HugeGenes&LoLa]

I had a mishap like that a few weeks ago with my first eggs... temp got up to 97, (or so the thermometer said). Anyway, my eggs are still glowing pink...I'll let you know if they hatch! I know someone else on here had a problem like that too... his temps got up to 100 or so, and also down to like 70 all in the same clutch, and he had a really pretty baby hatch out anyway. I think accidents are bound to happen no matter what... don't beat yourself up too much. I know it's scary. Good luck!

 

[RampantReptiles]

yeah i had mine get up to 95. I made a thread about my hatchling issues, temp could possibly be the cause.
http://www.geckoforums.net/showthread.php?t=39908

 

[Whitey]

What would you guys do in my case? Let the eggs go or bury the eggs? I dont want to let a gecko come into the world if I am going to just have to put him down.. you know? Its one thing if everything worked out and the gecko still has deformities, but to know that the temps got that high... I feel like...poo. Any helpful advice from someone who has been here before would be awesome. Thanks.

 

[crotaphytidae]

A fluctuation that high for that short of a period is something that I don't think you need to worry about. I would make sure the temps stay down at the desired degree and not let it fluctuate any more. I think you will be ok with your little ones.

 

[Whitey]

Thanks for the positive encouragement... Im going to keep the egg and have the incubator back down to 83, so we shall see.... again, thank you for the advice, very much appreciated.

 

[snowgyre]

I think a short term temperature fluctuation would have minor effects on the embryo, but I think the risk of malformations is much higher the younger the egg. Embryos in their last month of incubation tend to be pretty sturdy. In addition, although the air temperature of your incubator reached 100, I bet the substrate you keep your eggs in didn't get that warm, but it depends on how you incubate. If you kept all the eggs in one big container with a lot of substrate (and therefore decreased relative surface area exposed to air), then the substrate would warm and cool slower than in smaller containers.

I think you're okay. If it's any consolation, I drove cross country from Montana to New York with 17 leopard gecko eggs in a pretty poor incubator, but it was the best I could do considering it was a 3 day trip (36 hours of driving). Only 1 egg died, and none of the hatchlings had deformities. However, they experienced the cold side of things, not the hot side of things.

 

[Whitey]

Wow.... these things are pretty sturdy then... huh... the impression that I get from some of the horror stories on here is that they are REALLY sensitive. Thanks for the input, I got the incubator all back to normal now.... so hopefully no more mishaps. This is my first time and I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to succeed.