Re: Look at what I found!!!!
Thats awesome man. The owner didnt know whe was gravid????
Re: Look at what I found!!!!
What I do is have my incubator set to 89 degrees, and make sure that's the temp inside the egg box, not just inside the incubator. I use plastic shoe boxes for egg containers and put NO holes in them. The lid is loose enough for air exchange and holes in the box just dry it out faster. I Use a digital indoor/outdoor thermometer with a long probe and put the probe inside the box. (and ultimately right on top of the eggs) Make sure the temp is stable. It's best to have the incubator running several days at least (several weeks would have been better) to make sure the temps aren't jumping around. My digital thermometer has a min/max memory function so I can tell what the highest and lowest temps have been though the day. I check the thermometer EVERY day. When I'm satisfied that the incubator is the way I want it, I put a towel over the female, then reach under the towel and start unwrapping her from the egg mass tail first. When I have the egg mass in hand, I weigh the mass and mark it down on a sticky label, along with the number of eggs, the famales name and the male that she was bred too. I put this sticky label on the lid of the egg box. I make a little depression in the egg substate inside the egg box and lay the egg mass in this depression This substrate is a mixture of perlite, vermiculite and water that I mix up in a bucket ahead of time, I don't weigh anything I just use equal amounts of the perlite and vermiculite and add water until it feels about right. When you squeeze a handful of this mix and get only a few drops of water, it's about right. I have the egg boxes WITH the incubation substrate set up in the incubator already for days before adding eggs. Then, just wait 60 days and collect baby snakes.... It's not too hard.
Mark
Re: Look at what I found!!!!
oh how exciting! Wishing you the best of luck.
Do you know what she was bred with?