Egg incubation

[Mina Adel]

What is the cause of eggs explosions inside the incubator ?

Too low humidity or too high ..

 

[WithLisa]

Most probably too high.

 

[Mina Adel]

Which is more risky ? low humidity or high humidity ?

 

[Yvonne G]

What is the cause of eggs explosions inside the incubator ?

Too low humidity or too high ..

Neither. Most eggs explode because the inside of the egg has rotted and the gasses get to be to much to hold inside.

If you use too much humidity the shell may 'check' but it won't explode.

(to 'check' means it has little cracks all over the shell, but it doesn't break or pop)

 

[Tom]

Eggs too wet from the incubation media being too wet is what will usually cause an egg to pop early in incubation. Most people who are new to incubating eggs get the media too wet. The other way and egg pops usually happens weeks or months into incubation, and that is when the egg rots and then explodes for the decomposition gases building up inside. You should be able to smell than one before it happens.

You need direct advice from someone who has hatched your species before. Some species need damp media to hatch and others, like Russians, do better with bone dry media and water tubs inside the incubator for humidity.

 

[TiffanyVL]

So far I've been successful hatching my eggs with a dry medium and high humidity. I have three babies
I'm relatively new to incubating eggs but I found most of my information from an article by the tortoise trust. http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/kleinmanni.html
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/kleinmanni.html

 

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I use vermiculite