Hatch success rate

[janjgeckos]

This may have been asked before but I have seen questions about what everyone uses to incubate. I was wondering if the hatch rate was different between different incubation mediums. I ask this because I seen someone post that theyhad an 85% rate with perlite and thought this seemed kind of low. so can you post type of substrate, mix ratio, and hatch success rate?
Thanks Everyone

 

[Gregg M]

I seen someone post that theyhad an 85% rate with perlite and thought this seemed kind of low.

Thats actually a pretty good hatch rate... ANY breeder would be happy with that %....

 

[janjgeckos]

thats why I ask Im fairly new to breeding leos I bred Ball pythons and had a fairly large breeding group had around 95+% hatch rate with them wasnt sure what was a normal rate for leos.

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

I think with any reptile or animal for that matter that anything above 80% would be considered successful. Obviously this doesn't apply for every species but for the most part I would say that's good.

 

[justindh1]

I had really good luck with hatchrite! I know some people don't like it but its very simple to use cause it already has the water in it. I had a 100% hatch rate last year with fertile eggs using hatchrite, 26 eggs hatched out of 26 in all. Every single egg that I put into the incubator hatched except one. The one that didn't seemed infertile once it was layed but I put it in the incubator anyways. It molded the first week so I don't count that one.

I think that any hatching medium out there is good to use. There are other variable that cause hatch rates to be lower then preferred. Low Humidity, temp fluctuations, problems inside the eggs, and etc play bigger factors in comparison to hatch rates.