Hello everyone..... a couple weeks ago I had posted abt finding my egg laying female dead in the shed...thank you all for the condolences.....
anyway, a couple days after finding that nightmare, I found an egg, perfect shape, in a tunnel that leads out to the grazing yard, (cant believe it didnt get crushed) so I picked it up as i found it, dotted the top, and placed in my hoverbator, deli cup full of moist vermiculite, nestled it in, temp is 88-89 and humidity is 70%, sound about right? the last babies i had hatched in the ground, i never new they were there.....so i am fairly new to this.
i want to check for life..... what would i look for if i "candled "the egg? Veins? is it to soon? should i even disturb it at all? what do you think the chances are that the egg, found ontop of the ground will hatch, it didnt get super cold either night it was out there.......probably 60's at night then was in the high 70's/ low 80's both days, it wasnt in the sun either....
thanks for any advice... chris
anyway, a couple days after finding that nightmare, I found an egg, perfect shape, in a tunnel that leads out to the grazing yard, (cant believe it didnt get crushed) so I picked it up as i found it, dotted the top, and placed in my hoverbator, deli cup full of moist vermiculite, nestled it in, temp is 88-89 and humidity is 70%, sound about right? the last babies i had hatched in the ground, i never new they were there.....so i am fairly new to this.
i want to check for life..... what would i look for if i "candled "the egg? Veins? is it to soon? should i even disturb it at all? what do you think the chances are that the egg, found ontop of the ground will hatch, it didnt get super cold either night it was out there.......probably 60's at night then was in the high 70's/ low 80's both days, it wasnt in the sun either....
thanks for any advice... chris