Keep Her w/ Her Clutch OR Incubation

New to the Forums and curious about Breeding...
I work At Petco and have asked around and no one seems to have the right answer. Can you let the mother keep her clutch and just keep the temperature of her pen the same as you would an incubator. I personally thing the mother with her clutch seems more NATURAL and FUN to watch... Let me know what YOU think and ALL the Y's & Ynot's...

...THANX...

Mr. Tre3

most everyone on here is gonna tell you to incubate.

and so am i.

:-)

but i have heard of some success stories about maternal incubation
and they turned out just fine.

its really up to you. and no offence but since you work at petco, buy a book.

if i had the money i would.

but honestly i think incubation is the best way. constant and uninterupted incubation i think makes for better cluthes.

If you provide an acceptable environment for her to incubate in then by all means the choice is yours.
It's more work for you and maybe more stress too, but that's all to be taken into account when making the decision to let her maternally incubate.

This was my first clutch, and I incubated. I got 8 out of 9 eggs hatched and thought it was just as cool to watch as I think maternal would have been. I like the incubator cause you can keep a close eye on them and watch them every minute of the day if thats your choice :) With maternal incubation, I have read that you have to keep the humidity very high and the temp just right. Now I dont know what kind of set up you might have, but in my tank, that would be nearly impossible. My snakes are very happy in their environment with the humidity they have, but there is no way I could keep the humidity up in the 80's living in Las Vegas. So I guess it also depends on where you live. For me, incubation was the way to go. Good luck :gj:

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Originally Posted by sookieball

its really up to you. and no offence but since you work at petco, buy a book.

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This forum is for asking questions and getting in depth responses that NO book would give you.

It was an unnecessary comment to say the least

^ Agreed.



This question has been in my mind for quite a while. My thoughts are that we, as care takers, would likely hatch more eggs and produce healthier babies in an incubator than if we let the mother snake incubate them, as between her body, movement, and other variables, it's not constant like an incubator.

Just my thinking.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

This forum is for asking questions and getting in depth responses that NO book would give you.

It was an unnecessary comment to say the least

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I agree with you 100%

We are here to help each other and give our opinions and advice so the person can make an informed descision. I have gotten so much good advice to help me make my informed choices that I could NEVER have gotten from any book. I think it all boils down to experience, not what you read.

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Originally Posted by sookieball

its really up to you. and no offence but since you work at petco, buy a book.

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Rudeeee :colbert:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...light=maternal

i myself have had eggs hatched both ways and honestly there wasn't no difference in time it took or how many hatched but i was there everyday to mist and make sure stuff stayed perfect (now if you got tons of breeders like alot of people do it is allot easier to put all your eggs in one basket so to speak and keep track of them all at once. or if lets say you are getting ready to go on vacation and your snake lays the eggs before you leave they would be dead before you got back or very close to it. so you'd want to put them somewhere where you know they will be safe. ie in a bator

also if i worked at petco why buy a book when nothing to do read as many as i could when i could no since forking out cash when the books are there ready to be read

Thanks Everyone... Very quick responses & and Very Helpful... Also Appreciate the Attention towards the 1st Comment... There's No room on this site for SmartyPants' ... I have only a female Ball named GRIMLIN and a male Red Tail named Creeper... Both are 2ft long and my current situation only allows these 2... At the end of the year I will be in another apartment that allows Animals(mine are currently hidden in my bottom two drawers of my dresser... Put up pics of my set up another time) and I plan to purchase two 100% het pieds for sure and some others... Start off small... I plan to raised all of my stock and to Never Inbreed so starting off it'll probably be a year or two until my first clutch... Going by yall advice I think Id like to let GRIMLIN have her clutch and all my clutches after that will most likely be incubated....

THX Again

Mr. Tree