Hi everyone,

First BP clutch was laid tonight very unexpectedly. I have an incubator that was set up and gets to temps fine but I had switched it off and was due to go back on next week to prepare for my expected clutches.

There is perlite set up in there, should I just wait until it gets to temp and put them there, or should I mix fresh as that was a month ago and already sat for a few weeks, will it last as long at the right humidity?

I don’t have an egg crate, so is it fine to go directly in or should I keep it maternal incubation until it’s been back up to temp for a few days?

This Lesser female, Metis, showed no signs of breeding other than refusing food from mid December. Male introduced 9x with no visible lock.

She shed on 2nd January, thought it could be preov shed and kept looking for signs but she just stayed the same. 60 days after she has just laid eggs. Only paired from 22nd November. So was she gravid 6 weeks after pairing, or just skipped her prelay shed?

Sorry for so many questions, I’m just blown away here, I’ve kept pretty good records and studied them and she’s just blown everything out of the water lol.