egg bound question

ok i just have a quick question what causes a ball python to become egg bound? Does it have anything to do with husbandry or is it something that just happens? also does an incubator have to be at a specific humidity level any shared knowledge would be appreciated

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Originally Posted by rubenjames

ok i just have a quick question what causes a ball python to become egg bound? Does it have anything to do with husbandry or is it something that just happens? also does an incubator have to be at a specific humidity level any shared knowledge would be appreciated

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The oviduct may become twisted, or constricted. A tear etc. U cannot do anything about it really as far as preventing it. They say the eggs need to be about 80%. Really your vermiculite just needs to be properly mixed with water. Hope this helps

egg bound happens, not much you can do to prevent it. make sure your female is healthy and at a good weight for her length. make sure her husbandry is in range. the important part is to be able to spot that she's egg bound so you can take action before it's too late.

humidity in the incubator. I don't like my incubator having high humidity in it. you're running your incubator around 87 to 91 degrees. adding humidity makes it perfect for growing things you don't want in there. my incubator runs almost all year. so I use my incubator for controlling the temps and the egg box for controlling the humidity. the egg boxs is in there somewhere around 60 days. so before I use it for the next set of eggs, it can be cleaned, not like trying to wipe down the insides of your incubator full of eggs. I do put water bottles inside my incubator. they are full of water and have a cap on. this is to help in keeping my temps up when the door is open and also if I need to add any water to the eggs or egg boxes, the water is at the same temp. this is how I do it, it doesn't mean other ways are wrong. hope this helps you some. don

Egg binding is pretty randomn to my knowledge. Kinda just like some complications in human pregnancies.

Inside the incubator theres no specific humidity thats really required. Inside the tubs the eggs are in you want the humidity as close to 100% as possible without the eggs getting wet. But i know there are some people say that they hatch perfectly healthy eggs at like 90% or maybe lower, i cant remember exactly tbh.

my incubator has a water tray on the bottom so do you think its unessesary to fill since the egg boxes are already going to be humidified? thank you all for your input :)

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Originally Posted by rubenjames

my incubator has a water tray on the bottom so do you think its unessesary to fill since the egg boxes are already going to be humidified? thank you all for your input :)

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Nope i wouldnt.

I wouldn't either. It's easier to control humidity in smaller spaces than larger spaces. Ie eggbox to incubator. I've never had humidity issues bc I use egg boxes.


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one more question do i use tap water,purified water or distilled water to mix the vermiculite?

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Originally Posted by rubenjames

one more question do i use tap water,purified water or distilled water to mix the vermiculite?

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You can use whatever, personally I use distilled

then distilled it is! thank you all for the help

How do you tell when a female is egg bound??? Is it just because it's taken too long for her to start laying?