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Originally Posted by Kirkie
I kept the humidity around 90-95%. A lid (with holes)on the tub containing the eggs makes it easy to maintain. I have read that Baurii eggs are quite resiliant to changes in humidity as they are hard shelled.
After 90 days incubation, if they look close to hatching, I remove the eggs from the incubator, mist them and leave them at room temperature for a few days. If nothing happens, they go back in the incubator and I try again a few weeks later. The return to the incubator prompted one to hatch after the cooling period.
I had one go to 130 days and because I couldn't see any yolk sac I ended up dinking a small hole in the egg at the head end and the baby scrambled out straight away. There does seem to be a huge degree of variance in the incubation time. My winter layed eggs took 90 days, those laid later are just over 3 months and still not ready to hatch. I've also managed to break diapause on an egg laid in January, should be ready to hatch around mid August. I'll have a better idea of the best method once I've got a few more out but the drop in temperature and raised humidity see to be the cue. You also need to know what you are looking at when candling if you're going to bust any eggs open. They're quite tricky to candle after the first couple of months; the egg appears to empty out quite early on.
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Thank you very much for advice. I have 6 eggs total and really should do something about cooldown period, the problem is that we are going on holidays in 3 weeks time and my other half who will be looking after all our turtles/ tortoises is not too keen to be a midwife for baurii babies. But I guess he can learn.
I will try my best to take photos of eggs again while candling, sometimes this week.
How safe is it to take tham out of substrate for candling, or shall I leave them and take pics from where they are? I never really picked any of those for inspection, they residing exactly where I put them.
Also, what is the tempereature do you maintain in your incubator? I have a polybox and my temps are very approximate, around 28C. in one container and 29C in the other. All nice and damp. The eggs look alive for me, no signs of disintegration, nice and white or they shouldnt even they are nor fertile?