Incubation medium. What do you use?

What medium do you use to incubate your ball python eggs?

Substraless incubation (light diffuser and perlite or vermiculite)

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What I most often hear is vermiculite and perlite.

I actually use just water under light diffuser, works wonders.

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Originally Posted by creatism

I actually use just water under light diffuser, works wonders.

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Ditto. I do put a layer of plastic canvas on top of the light diffuser just in case a really tiny baby pops out, I don't want it falling through the light diffuser.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Ditto. I do put a layer of plastic canvas on top of the light diffuser just in case a really tiny baby pops out, I don't want it falling through the light diffuser.

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I breed primarily breed carpets, once they pip I put them on damp paper towels cause it would be my luck that they all drown!

I did full on substrate-less. Only water and egg grates/light diffusers

What are these light diffusers you all are talking about?

light diffuser and cypress actually. i mixed it with water and it helped balance the temps well.

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Originally Posted by Eric Hoff

What are these light diffusers you all are talking about?

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You go to Home Depot and get it. Looks like thishttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/05/a2a6u9yp.jpg it's the white grid looking thing on the vermiculite. This is from 2 yrs ago, this last yr I did strictly water and it worked out great!

Sand under light diffuser(2 layers). I use the sand cause it holds the water in place so it does not splash on the eggs. Some people call light diffuser egg crate. You can find it in the lighting section of Home Depot, Lowes, and most other home improvement stores.

Light diffuser on top of over-saturated repashy superhatch. The superhatch is there because it holds moisture fairly well, is reusable and keeps the water from sloshing around.

Light diffuser over vermiculite.


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Awesome. Understood. Thank you.

Plain ol' vermiculite

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Ditto. I do put a layer of plastic canvas on top of the light diffuser just in case a really tiny baby pops out, I don't want it falling through the light diffuser.

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put some plastic sponge underneath the light diffuser and filled it up to the top of the sponge with water. Worked well for my first time