Help please

[Satana]

I rescued a bp about 2 months ago and I woke up this morning and noticed 4 or 5 eggs. I have never done this before, I googled and got some idea of what to do but since there are experts out there I'd like ur advice.

She is in a 24g tub, with a large bowl for a hide and a dog sized water bowl. There is only paper towel for the bottom. Temp reads 89, and humidity is at 80.

I don't have any sort of incubator. She seems very protective right now so I haven't tried to open the tub.

Any help would be great

[alittleFREE]

Wow, what as surprise.

If I were you, I'd personally try to come up with an incubator ASAP (or either try to find a breeder near you who would be willing to take the eggs off your hands?), and in the meantime I'd probably leave the eggs with the mother. That's just what I would do if I found myself in that situation.

Hopefully someone with experience breeding will come along and be able to give you some better more specific suggestions and advice.

[satomi325]

Leave the eggs with the mother for the time being. In the mean time, build a DIY incubator from a cooler.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...oler-incubator



How to set up an egg tub:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-up-an-egg-tub

Maternal Incubation if you choose to go w/ that:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...nal-Incubation

[Royal Hijinx]

There are tutorials on how to make a simple inexpensive cooler incubator on here. I would leave them with her and make sure that the temps are spot on and maybe raise the humidity a touch until you can get one built.

Good Luck!

[Annarose15]

Here is another option, depending on how easy your setup would be to convert for maternal incubation. I have not tried maternal, but I know a few of the members here have very good success with it. This might be simpler for you if you aren't intending to breed in the future, and don't need the extra thermostat you would have to buy for an incubator.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...nal-Incubation

[WingedWolfPsion]

If the eggs are over a heat source, be sure the cage floor never exceeds 90F.
Put a lot of moistened sphagnum moss in, to keep the humidity up.

Expect mom to act evil towards you--that's her job. Once you have an incubator, put a hand towel over her head, grab her behind the head and by the tail, and unwind her from the eggs. Move the eggs into the incubator, and wash mom in warm water with a baby soap or a few drops of dish soap in the water. Clean the cage with soap and water. These things remove all of the smell of the eggs, so that mom will snap out of it.

Most females will be back to their old self once they're off the eggs. It's like flipping a light switch.

[Satana]

Thanks everyone. I talked to a breeder who helped me set up something real quick. It's not amazing but he said it will do the trick.

There were 6 eggs total but one was really small and brown all except the brown one were stuck together and was told to keep them together and not try to pull them apart.

Heres the set up w the eggs

[Royal Hijinx]

Interesting setup. Good luck!

[WingedWolfPsion]

The small brown one is a slug--it's an infertile egg that wasn't shelled, so you can just throw it away. It will only rot, and could cause a problem for the other eggs.

The eggs look great.

[Annarose15]

Spiffy setup! Keep us posted on how it works for you, and good luck!