Maternal Incubation

[musicalKeyes]

So today is Day 3 since Eleanor laid her eggs. there's five and they're all big and healthy. I candled them today and all have good veins. She didn't seem to mind too much either, which was nice Between the probe thermometer and my temp gun I'm getting temps from 88 to 90F. I have a bit of a problem with humidity; it goes up to 80 or 85% when i mist the sphagnum moss, but goes down to 55 or 60% after a few hours. I covered the holes in the tub and added more moss, so hopefully that helps (it also could be due to me opening the tub to look at them )
She has a bit of stuck shed on her head from her last shed, but it's starting to come off with the slightly higher humidity.
Here's some pictures



I need to get a new flashlight with a smaller head

[ClarkT]

She's a pretty one! I like reduced patterns.

Keep us posted, and good luck! I love the idea of maternal incubation.

[ptate]

Cool, good luck with the maternal incubation.

[Quiet Tempest]

Looks good! Adding more substrate and/or moistened sphagnum will boost your humidity levels. I had a humidity issue with my clutch several weeks ago. The humidity was hovering in the 50-55% range. Adding more cypress and sphagnum shot it up to 95%! It has now settled itself around 70% unless I'm checking in on eggs and then it drops a bit until the bin is covered again. Good luck!