Need help advise, please respond!!!!!

[Byost86]

Hello all well my power went out, for eight hours last night. From this my incubator was off for that time. The temp went down to 60 degrees F, and humidity was at 80%. All eggs look the same as they have before still same color and plump. I'm asking will this temp fluctuation harm the growing embryos within in the egg? If so is there anything I can do. The temp is back to 88 degrees and 85% humidity. Please reply if you have any info or comments.


Thanks Brian

 

[favrielle]

At this point, the best you can do is hope and keep incubating. If the eggs got that cold, they may have died, and there's nothing you can do. If they didn't die, then they'll hatch eventually. Just don't be surprised if they take longer or there are defects related to the incubation temperature if/when they do hatch.

 

[tb144050]

Hello all well my power went out, for eight hours last night. From this my incubator was off for that time. The temp went down to 60 degrees F, and humidity was at 80%. All eggs look the same as they have before still same color and plump. I'm asking will this temp fluctuation harm the growing embryos within in the egg? If so is there anything I can do. The temp is back to 88 degrees and 85% humidity. Please reply if you have any info or comments.


Thanks Brian

Please post only in one section. I am not sure how many eggs are at risk here, but, as an amateur, I would seriously consider discarding the eggs.....pending input from people who have experienced power outages and similar temp drops.

However, I have read in previous posts, you do NOT want to rapidly warm any gecko's, egg, crickets, etc....it is never good for anything to rapidly warm.

Many people do not have the income/time (or will to spend the money/time) to care for 1 (or many) geckos that require special care or vet visits due to birth defects.

Please consider this after you get the input from people who have experienced similar temp drops: If there is ANY risk of birth defects, are you prepared to care for them all? If the answer is no, then sadly, I would suggest discarding the eggs and waiting for the next clutches.

edit: Also, if you fill ALL available air space with waterbottles or rubbermaid tubs filled with water, your temp variations will decrease and if you lose power, all that warmed water will help to keep the temps up longer.

 

[Byost86]

There is a sponge within the incubator that has water absorbed in it, also I have a small bowl of water in the incubator as well. As for the eggs they're in small plastic dishes with vermiculite and a plastic cover (They're the plastic Chinese food take out containers). The incubator is in the same room which all of my other reptiles are in, and that room is very hot almost all the time, so I believe when the power went out it was a slow temp change until the power came back on. The eggs still look fine so I guess I will just hope for the best.

tb144050 sorry for posting in multiple forms, I just wanted a reply soon sense most people don't write back on many of my posts.

Thanks again

 

[scm133]

Fingers crossed! Wishing the best!!
I had a power outage for 3 hours. I used a couple of shipping heat packs to help stabilize the temps. All hatched out ok. But the temps did vary drastically, and I was nervous until they all hatched. I am looking into a power supply backup, like the one I have on my computer.