Eggs going to term in the laying bin?

[reptoman]

I have heard of people letting eggs go to term in the laying bin and wanted to know if there is any reason for doing this other than making it easier than digging them up. Anyone have experience with this? Hatch rate or any other thoughts on the matter? I am particularily interested in panthers. thanks

 

[GooglezNvincent]

I have heard of people letting eggs go to term in the laying bin and wanted to know if there is any reason for doing this other than making it easier than digging them up. Anyone have experience with this? Hatch rate or any other thoughts on the matter? I am particularily interested in panthers. thanks

Only heard of this with 2 people i know and both ended up looking at the eggs and they were all dried up and not viable. It is best just to dig them out and lay them accordingly on the incubator so you can control the humidity and temp easier.

 

[reptoman]

I guess what got me thinking about this was Cainschams finding 13 babies in the cage as a surprise. It does not sound like that was intentional so I would suspect its better to get them to a controlled environment than take the chance.

 

[adamkwas]

I guess what got me thinking about this was Cainschams finding 13 babies in the cage as a surprise. It does not sound like that was intentional so I would suspect its better to get them to a controlled environment than take the chance.

Those were his T. ellioti? Perhaps not. They're live bearers (birthers) .

 

[reptoman]

Those were his T. ellioti? Perhaps not. They're live bearers (birthers) .

Well that would explain it

 

[Kent67]

I've heard of a number of surprise clutches hatching out of potted plants over the years. I remember people who had it happen with panthers and Oustalet's. I'm wanting to say montium, also. One of those wet montanes, anyway.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I have heard of people letting eggs go to term in the laying bin and wanted to know if there is any reason for doing this other than making it easier than digging them up. Anyone have experience with this? Hatch rate or any other thoughts on the matter? I am particularily interested in panthers. thanks

Well, an adequate/properly sized laying bin is going to take up far more space than the small container(s) you would put eggs into to incubate. With smaller containers and being able to touch the medium near the eggs and see the eggs, you'd have much more control over the dampness. And presumably be better able to monitor/control over temp too.