is a slight temperature fluctuation harmful...

[doodle]

Hey everyone so I have eggs incubating right now, and I was wondering if a few temperature change is really ..bad it goes from 83-86F I have it connected to a THERMOSTAT .. and it's still has fluctuation.

The temp's stay in the range between there ... sometimes 83.3 ..sometimes 85.2 .. but it's never over 86 or under 83. I don't want to risk continuing to incubate if the babies are going be deformed .. ( this is the 3rd day of incubation )

 

[Russellm0704]

What is the name of the thermostat you are using?

 

[doodle]

I've tried Zilla's and Zoomed ..

Maybe not the best ones?..

 

[Russellm0704]

No not at all. If you want consistent temps you really will need a quality proportional thermostat. The are expensive though. Some good ones are herpstats, spyder robotics, johnson controls, helix, etc

 

[doodle]

Is that slight fluc going to ..affect my hatchlings ? should I just stop incubation now and freeze them? ( day 4 )

 

[GeckoCrossing]

I doubt it will affect them at all. I've had power cuts and lost heat for hours causing temps to drop or spike and I haven't had one deformed hatchling yet.