SnakeBytesTV-Eggs!!!!!!!!

[burnziesballs8]

Hey brian amazing job... if i go to your myspace page and click on your posts that you do then click on the video (*which was awsome does that count for the stats on youtube or no?)...... chewy is awsome but like some other ppl were saying, some of the visuals on the egg collecting and the setup for the incubator were NEEDED and very awsome to see.... thanks for the info it helps alot and is entertaining, i think arty should help collect eggs tho haha

[icygirl]

Great video, enjoyed seeing all the eggs!

[rabernet]

Hi Brian - great video (as always!). I noticed that you didn't use Hatchrite for the corn snake eggs. Do you primarily just use it for bp eggs? I'm using Hatchrite this year for my first bp clutches, and I have to say I love it!

[BHB]

I use Hatchrite mainly on my Pythons just because of the amount that we go through on colubrids. I love hatchrite, but the cost is hard to absorb on the colubrid colony. They need to sell it to me cheaper
hey Burnzie, I'm not sure if it counts as a hit or not??? If Arti helped collect eggs we'd have verfy few eggs and one really fat Husky.lol She's great!! Brian(BHB)

[Mikkla]

But what about the opening of every egg box every day? never heard of that, and I'm getting my first clutch in 2 weeks

[burnziesballs8]

i think when brian opens his boxes it's because ppl in their incubator have the fan to circulate the air and their boxes usually have holes for airflow, but he said he uses the closes air boxes so the air would get stale with no flow, so he just opens each box to make sure fresh air gets in there..... am i learning brian?? haha

[MarkS]

Brian, how do you incubate your colubrid eggs and at what temp?

I used to incubate mine in an incubator at a constant 82 degrees and had good hatch rates, however the last few years I've just been putting them in an egg box and placing them on a high shelf in my snake room where the temps are around 80 degrees but can fluctuate a bit. (which is probably more natural for colubrid eggs) I still get good hatch rates this way but have noticed that I seem to get more deformities as well. So, do you use an incubator for colubrids and keep a constant temperature or let the temps fluctuate a bit?

Mark

[BHB]

Burnzie!!!! Way to go, I couldn't have explaned that better myself! It's true a lot of people have holes in their boxes and don't need to check them everyday like we do here. I just like looking at the eggs everyday to make sure everything is going well. If they need a little more humidity, I can add water, if they seem too moist I can dry them out a little. I call it egg management, you won't save a ton of eggs, but even if it's a couple a year it's worth the effort???
We do incubate colubrid eggs on the top of our racks in the colubrid room, but the temp is very constant in there at 82 degrees, so it's really like an incubator in a way. Thanks, Brian(BHB)

[Mikkla]

Okey, so it's not doing the eggs any harm if I open the egg box once a day to check on them and to give them fresh air?
Good to know, Thanks for the reply!

[cassandra]

Awesome video Brian! I loved the bp momma who almost tagged...she was *not* happy, teehee! =D