EGGS! Help!

[Wh00h0069]

Corns don't maternally incubate their eggs. They set 'em and forget 'em. Leaving them with the mom isn't such a good thing as they need to be put in a humid environment fairly quickly. They will dehydrate very rapidly if left in the cage. A cage for corns with good humidity will be too low for corn eggs.

Thanks, I didn't know that. I have never kept corns.

[blackcrystal22]

Be sure that the Perlite that you pick up does not have additives, like Miracle Grow. Home Depot and Walmart all have Miracle Grow in them (at least the ones I checked). I had to pick mine up from a local garden chain (Pike's Family Nursery in the metro Atlanta area).

Thanks, I knew to look out for something that, so now I'll make sure to somewhere other than Walmart, etc.
Do you think a feed store might have some?

[Blue Apple Herps]

Thanks, I knew to look out for something that, so now I'll make sure to somewhere other than Walmart, etc.
Do you think a feed store might have some?

An alternative to vermiculite/perlite is sphagnum moss. Its widely available. You just use it in the same way that you use the others, get it nice and moist (so that it doesn't drip), and then make a nice bed out of it in the container and put the eggs in it.

[PythonWallace]

If you can find verm or fertilizer-free perlite locally let me know. If not, I have a ton of sphagnum moss here, and that is what I use to use for corn eggs. Let me know if you need a couple of handfuls of the stuff.

[cinderbird]

Corns don't maternally incubate their eggs. They set 'em and forget 'em . Leaving them with the mom isn't such a good thing as they need to be put in a humid environment fairly quickly. They will dehydrate very rapidly if left in the cage. A cage for corns with good humidity will be too low for corn eggs.

that made me laugh so hard. corn snake eggs are like the George Formans of the snake world?

[blackcrystal22]

If you can find verm or fertilizer-free perlite locally let me know. If not, I have a ton of sphagnum moss here, and that is what I use to use for corn eggs. Let me know if you need a couple of handfuls of the stuff.

Thanks, I'm going to try running out to a Johnson's feed store thats by my house and seeing if they have anything. If not, I'll pick up some moss to hold me over.

Jake, you are a pretty good hour away from me you know.

[TheVipersHouse]

well for 1

blackcrystal22----and knows they are male and female, both are adults and have bred before. I don't want to hear about her husbandry problems, because I disagree with them too, but she is very stubborn and the animals are healthy and eating fine, just with some husbandry hiccups that most wouldn't agree with.

theres nothing wrong at all with her leaving cornsnakes together all the time her husbandry on that aspect is just fine ..


as for a quick incubator and temps the temps need to be between 84-88 degrees(safe area)..
as for incubator like someone said if she has a closet that stays in those temps she can just put them in a container and put that inside a 10 gallon fish tank and put it in the closet with a medium size bowl of water and a piece of glass or plexi glass over the top of it with 1 sided only opened about 1/2 inch for oxygen flow .


i have produced many clutches and so have other breeders i know doing it this way . its quick ,effective ,and cheap to use ..

now if the temps fall below 84 a heat light in the closet itself will add proper heat to the whole closet (not on the tank) . if it gets hotter then 88 then vice versa stick a small fan in the closet to circulate the air and cool it down ..

[PythonWallace]

Thanks, I'm going to try running out to a Johnson's feed store thats by my house and seeing if they have anything. If not, I'll pick up some moss to hold me over.

Jake, you are a pretty good hour away from me you know.

I drive out that way every once in a while. It's not that far. I sometimes forget that Aurora is a big town, but an hour drive is nothing.

[blackcrystal22]

I drive out that way every once in a while. It's not that far. I sometimes forget that Aurora is a big town, but an hour drive is nothing.

Well good news to you then. The Johnson's feed store on Kirk Road in St. Charles has a TON of vermiculite and perlite with no additives. I asked specifically to make sure there was nothing weird in it, and they said they specifically ordered the stuff for people breeding lizards and snakes.

So, now I'm setting up this bin for these eggs. Should I have airholes in the tub itself or should I just open the tub once a day to let the air circulate for a few minutes?
People have said to use plastic wrap, is it ok if I don't use the one side press and stick kind or is the normal kind alright to use as well?

Thanks for all of your help! I'm getting these eggs, and possibly the babies, though they're just Amel x Normal, we'll see if anything cool pops up if they survive.

Edit: Forgive me for all the questions and confusion. I've read all of the stuff before 25 times, but this is the first time I'm actually going through the motions!

[PythonWallace]

Well good news to you then. The Johnson's feed store on Kirk Road in St. Charles has a TON of vermiculite and perlite with no additives. I asked specifically to make sure there was nothing weird in it, and they said they specifically ordered the stuff for people breeding lizards and snakes.

So, now I'm setting up this bin for these eggs. Should I have airholes in the tub itself or should I just open the tub once a day to let the air circulate for a few minutes?
People have said to use plastic wrap, is it ok if I don't use the one side press and stick kind or is the normal kind alright to use as well?

Thanks for all of your help! I'm getting these eggs, and possibly the babies, though they're just Amel x Normal, we'll see if anything cool pops up if they survive.

Edit: Forgive me for all the questions and confusion. I've read all of the stuff before 25 times, but this is the first time I'm actually going through the motions!

No holes. Make it air tight, or close to it, and don't worry about getting fresh air in there. I used to incubate corn eggs in small ziplock sandwich boxes that were air tight, and I'd only open them every 2 weeks or so to check on them. It's the same for leo eggs. I use air tight 6oz plastic bowls, and only open them when I see that they are hatching. Same for BPs. 6 qt, practically air tight boxes that I only open every couple of weeks to see how they are coming along. I've never had any eggs run out of air.