How much longer?

[bacardi84uk]

Hi.

We have 6 leo eggs incubating. The first two were laid 77 days ago. I was under the impression they should be ready to hatch by now.

We candled them this morning and saw a fully formed baby wriggling around. Got a setup ready and waiting just was wondering whats the longest anyone has had a leo incubate for and should we expect any problems? Are they overdue yet? Once they start wriggling how long is it normally til they hatch?

Cheers.

[Youseff12]

Wow that sounds along time. Maybe the hatchlings are struggling to pierce the egg shell. If i was you id just wait.

[funky1]

Yes they are `technically` overdue (by human predictions/guide lines) but the main thing is that they are fertile and alive! They can be really funny things to predict - as with all things in nature. My longest ever I think was around 68 days a few year ago, yet my shortest - and this is why nothing surprises me anymore - was 28 days. The special thing about the 28 day incubated eggs, was that they were cooked at 81 degrees, turned out female as expected and are 100% fertile (they`re now proven)! Obviously, this was totally contradictory to the cooler the temp, the longer the incubating theory, which is a proven one and 99% of the time correct. It wasn`t a one off `special` egg either, as both eggs from the same clutch hatched on the same day.
If you can see the hatchling wriggling about inside the egg - and the egg visably rocking - then I could only say that hatching is pretty imminent.
All I would advise I`m afraid, is to let nature take it`s course (personally I couldn`t recommend helping the baby to hatch as it can cause problems where there aren`t any) basically`what will be be will be` as they say (I know that`s not much use at the mo`) - if something happens to the leo, horrible as this may sound, it`s because it wasn`t strong enough to get out of the egg: nature`s version of survival of the fittest.

[nuttybabez]

Good Advice Funky

[george0]

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