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Old 30-06-2008, 06:15 PM
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can you leave a female royal with her eggs not having to artefitialy incubate them, but still be successful?
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I believe it to be quite unlikely.
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You can, but:

1. It's hard on the female, since she won't eat until the eggs have hatched.
2. It's MUCH harder to control the heat and humidity the eggs experience.
3. The humidity the eggs need to develop properly MAY cause respiratory infections in the adult female.

It certainly can be done, but I wouldn't want to do it with any less than a BIG female who was just slightly overweight before being mated and completely healthy... and even then I'd be worried about the humidity issues.
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You can, but:

1. It's hard on the female, since she won't eat until the eggs have hatched.
2. It's MUCH harder to control the heat and humidity the eggs experience.
3. The humidity the eggs need to develop properly MAY cause respiratory infections in the adult female.

It certainly can be done, but I wouldn't want to do it with any less than a BIG female who was just slightly overweight before being mated and completely healthy... and even then I'd be worried about the humidity issues.
exactly. its much easier on both the female and you if you incubate artificially.
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