Over 8 months in the incubator

[Animal34343]

On 6/23/07 my pair of U. henkeli laid a single egg in the nest box. I had not had them very long and the previous owner didn't have any success. The egg was perfectly round and appeared fertile. Since then I have gotten several clutches, all laid on the wall, leaves, or branches and misshapen. To this day, it has not changed, no dents, no mold, nothing. I checked it tonight and nothing different. Someone told me before that some species pause as they develop in the egg and can take completely random lengths of time to hatch. The temps started out in the low seventies and after five or six months I raised them to the high seventies with the hope it had paused and the higher temps would continue development if it was fertile. It didn't do anything. I'm wondering what everyone's thoughts are on this matter. I don't want to crack it open just in case it is still alive.

 

[thrower]

I would assume it's a dud. 8 months is more than double the longest I've heard for a Uro egg to hatch. I bet if you crack it open you'll find a hard yellow piece in there where the yolk just dried out. I finally cracked one after 5 months here not too long ago and it was infertile.

 

[Animal34343]

It wouldn't mold or dent or anything like that?

 

[Kevin McRae]

Hard shell eggs won't dent in if they go bad I find.

If you really want you could crack it open but I would ask some experienced people before doing it. Better safe then sorry.

 

[Royal-City-Reptiles]

i had a s.petrii egg go for 7-8 months before hatching...
I would leave it in there...nothing bad can come from it.

-Nate

 

[Scott F]

I tend to agree with Thrower's assertation.

 

[Royal-City-Reptiles]

Not that I know anything about this species.. just a question.

Are we 100% sure that there is no diapause for this species? maybe the eggs were incubated differently?

I know that there can be a very long diapause period with other species from Madagascar...

-Nate

 

[Ace]

year before last i had a henkeli egg take just over 5 months to hatch but i agree with the general consensus that 8 months does seem a little excessive, i would have thought if it was going to hatch it would have done so by now.

Cheers, will

 

[thrower]

5 months is now the longest I've heard of an egg taking to hatch.

Beyond that, I'm pretty well convinced that this egg is no good at this point, if nothing else becuase of the high temperatures you have it at. All my eggs have hatched with temps varying between the high 60's to low 70's throughout. I know a lot of the Uro hatchlings aren't supposed to get over 75 or so because they are very susceptible to heat. That coupled with the fact that you and the previous owners have never had any other success with this pair...I just can't have too much hope for it.

 

[Scott F]

I incubate my lineatus and henkeli eggs around 76 degrees...........hatch out in about 3 months, large and active babies. This is on the higher side.

 

[miguel camacho!]

have you even bothered candling the egg to see if there is a hint of anything in there?

 

[Royal-City-Reptiles]

have you even bothered candling the egg to see if there is a hint of anything in there?

LMAO! 10 posts..and no one even thought of posting that...

-Nate

 

[tghsmith]

to make things simple get one of those keyring type LED lights, cover the sides of the led with electrical tape or best a small section of light proof tubing. you now have a great little candling light. turn out the lights and hold the end to the egg, fertiles and rots will show dark,infertiles will light up like a lamp globe, I usally wait around a month or so before checking around that time you can see vessels in a good egg and later the shadow of a grown embyo. good luck.