Mixing vermiculite is sooo easy ... I don't see how it could be screwed up.
Apparently you haven't met my friend Murphy. :)
04-14-2006, 01:09 PM
Mendel's Balls
Re: Typical Clutch Size
Scaling something up does change the game plan!
04-14-2006, 01:13 PM
Adam_Wysocki
Re: Typical Clutch Size
Quote:
Originally Posted by xdeus
Apparently you haven't met my friend Murphy. :)
You'd be amazed at how incredibly tolerable ball python eggs are. People really don't give the eggs ability to survive enough credit. I think the people that have had eggs go bad from incubating on vermiculite vs. no-sub probably would have had those eggs go bad no matter how they incubated them ... bad eggs are just a fact of life when breeding snakes ... people that don't know better look for things to "blame" and not mixing vermiculite correctly seems to be a popular one.
Your friend Murphy has some type of exception for no-sub? ... I don't think so ... like I said, if it's going to go bad or get screwed up, it doesn't matter which method you choose ... in the end, just go with what makes you feel more comfortable and you'll be fine. ;)
-adam
04-14-2006, 01:17 PM
Adam_Wysocki
Re: Typical Clutch Size
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls
Scaling something up does change the game plan!
Not really ... even when I was only doing 2 clutches a year I put the eggs on vermiculite ... I don't think scale has anything to do with it ... I just pointed out that the smaller breeders are the only people that I've ever heard of trying maternal incubation in ball pythons because there's no body working with these animals in numbers that's sold on the idea. The guys/gals with the huge collections (1000, 1500, 2000+ animals) that are making their living breeding snakes and have been doing so for 10+ years I would think know best ... or at least better than I. ;)
-adam
04-14-2006, 01:25 PM
jglass38
Re: Typical Clutch Size
If the big breeders aren't doing maternal incubation, there is a good reason.
By the way, if you ever want to kill some time, go to Ralph Davis' website and spend hours being awed. I just spent an hour last night going through last years clutches and seeing his commentary on what hatched out. Brilliant stuff!! The Lav. Alb. Pied is SICK!!
04-14-2006, 01:29 PM
xdeus
Re: Typical Clutch Size
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Your friend Murphy has some type of exception for no-sub? ... I don't think so ... like I said, if it's going to go bad or get screwed up, it doesn't matter which method you choose ... in the end, just go with what makes you feel more comfortable and you'll be fine. ;)
LOL. Sorry for the obtuse reference. By Murphy, I meant Murphy's Law. It's nice to know that the eggs are more durable than I thought. Murphy be ******!
04-14-2006, 01:34 PM
Adam_Wysocki
Re: Typical Clutch Size
Quote:
Originally Posted by xdeus
LOL. Sorry for the obtuse reference. By Murphy, I meant Murphy's Law. It's nice to know that the eggs are more durable than I thought. Murphy be ******!
I knew what you meant. ;)
I was just trying to point out that no-sub incubation is not immune from Murphys law ... there are lots of ways that eggs can go bad. ;)
