Kevin McRae
Member
I've had some marginata eggs going for over 200 days now. They still looks nice a white.
Keep em going or check out whats happening inside?
Keep em going or check out whats happening inside?
Time to break marginata eggs?
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Gehyra marginata? I've had them hatch anywhere from 120 days, all the way to over 200. As a matter of fact, I'd decided one clutch wasn't hatching, had set it aside to pitch into the composter in spring (this was in the dead of winter). Luckily the delicup stayed in the herp room where it was reasonably warm... the eggs must have kept developing because they eventually hatched around 220 days. The hatchlings were the biggest of any marginata hatchlings I had over the years, and there wasn't a speck of yolk left in the egg, they used it all up.
If the eggs look good, I'd say keep them. If they are infertile or dead, you can still see what's inside in a year, at least you know they're good and dead.
If the eggs look good, I'd say keep them. If they are infertile or dead, you can still see what's inside in a year, at least you know they're good and dead.
Kevin McRae
Member
True enough.
When I candle them I see a black mass so something is in there, dead or alive.
I have them sitting on the shelf in the herp room (70-80) range so I guess we'll see what comes of them.
When I candle them I see a black mass so something is in there, dead or alive.
I have them sitting on the shelf in the herp room (70-80) range so I guess we'll see what comes of them.
crestedtimm
New member
Dont open them!!!!
I am still kicking myself for opening that Blaeso. sakalava egg a few nights ago. It had a developing embryo in it.... You have nothing to gain from opening an egg premature, let it explode or hatch. I even wrote that on my nest box as a reminder...
Timm
I am still kicking myself for opening that Blaeso. sakalava egg a few nights ago. It had a developing embryo in it.... You have nothing to gain from opening an egg premature, let it explode or hatch. I even wrote that on my nest box as a reminder...
Timm
Riverside Reptiles
Administrator (HMFIC)
I agree with everyone else. Nothing good can come from opening up an egg.
I just put another set of Marginata eggs into the incubator. I've had them hatch in 100 days, 132 days and up to 210 days. The rule " don't toss them til they stink" applies. (or if they break apart)
Good luck with your eggs. Seems the ones that went longer are much more robust and grow faster than the earlier hatchlings. (just my observation)
Good luck with your eggs. Seems the ones that went longer are much more robust and grow faster than the earlier hatchlings. (just my observation)
