Incubating Question...

[CAMTHECHAM]

I just have a curious/useful question for incubating panther eggs...
The standard method of incubating panther eggs is either the closet method or incubator after removing the eggs from the laying bin. But in the wild when a female lays her eggs, she just leaves them and they hatch.
I'm just wondering if you could just leave the eggs in the laying bin after the female is done laying to hatch like in the wild.
This is mainly a curious question and maybe serious if I ever breed in the future
Thanks!

 

[kinyonga]

In captivity its hard to keep the moisture level right in the soil that they're laid in so we incubate them.

 

[brownie64]

It is also more easy to control the environment, temps, moister. It is a more precise procedure so as to have a more consistent outcome.

 

[CAMTHECHAM]

In captivity its hard to keep the moisture level right in the soil that they're laid in so we incubate them.

It is also more easy to control the environment, temps, moister. It is a more precise procedure so as to have a more consistent outcome.

I see...That makes sense.
How about temperature-wise? Would the temperature in the laying bin be a constant temperature enough?

 

[kinyonga]

My temperatures always varied a degree or two from day to day.

 

[bobcochran]

In the wild the temperature changes from day to night and seasonally, being buried in the ground and presumably under a bush or tree mitigates some of that change, but it still changes. Another good reason to incubate the eggs is to save the babies strength (they don't have to dig their way to the surface), thereby hopefully increasing the survival rate.

 

[kinyonga]

And if you place the eggs and inch apart in all directions in the incubation container they will hatch more individually and IMHO that let's each one be at its best.