[flavius]

Hello,

I have had an adult trio of ciliatus for over a year now,( as well as leachys, chahoua and snakes)

My females produce regular clutches of eggs but I cannot hatch them..

I have no trouble with williamsi eggs, tokay eggs, endless snake eggs, but cresty eggs always seem to collapse ?

I have followed the guidelines in the two foremost books on the subject, Henkel and vosjolli/repashy

The animals are in excellent health, calcium supplemented. Fed on a diet of Clarks/repashy and insects.

I am using the same happy herp incubator I have successfully used for tons of other herps.

I have used soil, vermiculite, perlite and mixtures of three as incubation material.

Incubator temp is 26 degrees..

Any ideas folks??

[FallenReign]

I'm assuming that temp is 26 degress celcius, which would make it about 78 degrees fahrenheit, right? If so, that should be fine. I don't incubate my eggs, because our house is kept at 75 degrees fahrenheit. I have always used vermiculite, and I never have any trouble at all with my eggs hatching. Whatever substrate you are incubating them in needs to be kept moist. I have eggs begin to collapse if I don't find them quickly enough, but they plump right back up with moisture. Other than that, the only thing I can figure is your male may be shooting blanks. Crested eggs should be very easy to hatch if kept at a good temp with plenty of moisture.

[Lunar Gecko]

thought this was the 'no cresteds' forum section?