Diapause info for panthers please

Craigwyatt

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I'm farely new to breeding panthers. Right now I have 7 clutches cooking. The oldest is 8 months. Incubation temps are around 75 ish. This is a real waiting game but it's ok because my eggs look so perfect for the most part.
Now my question is about speeding up the process. I have 2 more clutches that will be laid in the very near future. Can someone explain in detail about how to diapause panther chameleon eggs. If you could id appreciate it if someone could lay out the next 6 months for me.
Thank you in advance.
Craig
 
The eggs "diapause" whether you do anything or not.

Diapause is a period of little or no development within the egg- a dormant period.

The the thing you want to know his how to shorten the diapause and end it or "break" it.

2 weeks at temps in the mid to upper 70s.
2 months at temps in the mid 60s
return to mid to upper 70s for the duration.
On that last part, I feel like I got best results with day/night temp swings (warmer days upper 70s, cooler nights down around 70)

That's the way I do it, based on others work- though the temp swings at the end is my personal touch to the recipe. That idea again, someone else's idea- I used to do for the duration with the temp swing only. Honestly- I'm not sure the 2 months cooling has a much different effect. Just adding the temp swings without the cooling for me resulted in very similar incubation times compared to the recipe with the cooling without the swings. Although last time I tried with the temp swings and the cooling I got the shortest time ever for me, so I intend to try again and see if the results repeat.
 
How long does it take you on average to hatch them.
Bottom line I'm looking for a safe shortcut to hatch panther eggs.
 
Without the swings but with the cooling- about 6 or 7 months. With the temp swings but no cooling, about the same. With both I don't remember- I think I posted it on here once though and I think it was closer to 5 months. I've had exceptional results when just keeping them room temperature as well- as long as 13 months and as short as 6 or maybe even less once.

If you keep your eggs below about 82 and above the low 60s, I think you will have success no matter what you do, your incubation duration will just be different according to different temperature schemes you try.

Shortening the incubation by breaking diapause is in no way unsafe. There is no development going on anyway during the dormant period. So it isn't like the babies hatch prematurely as a result. All you are doing is getting paused development to resume. Total time of active development is probably about the same either way.
 
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