Incubation scare...

[Alan12013]

So I have a panther chameleon egg thats been incubating at about 74 degrees since janurary. Long story short here... I left for work today with the light turned on in the small closet where the egg is and the closet got upto 85 degrees when I got home! I'm really worried that I could have cooked the egg and afterall I feel that the poor egg has been through enough already now it just was exposed to that heat. Does anyone know if this will harm the egg?

 

[Saldarya]

You will be fine with a short time exposure to that temp. Its on the high end of the range, but not threatening, especially for that short period of time.

 

[Alan12013]

Thank you for the info!! I've got the temp stabilized now again. I'm so excited about that egg and it could really change things for me so I have a lot of hope for it and really getting me started on ambolobe's. Thanks again.

 

[Tay And A]

Some people keep their eggs hotter than 74 at all times from what I've seen.