To hatch or to sell?

[lawnchaircrisis]

So I have several questions I'd love some advice on.


I have an adult normal (~2000g) female and mojave male ($1000g) living together because they're absolutely inseparable. I've seen them locked together twice now, both times for over 24 hours, and now she appears to be ovulating. While I was initially super excited because I've been planning to try hatching out my own babies, I do have several concerns.

1. I have a hovabator incubator previously used for hatching chicks. Could I use this (provided I can get to stay at a stable 89 degrees)?

2. What do I do with the hatchlings? Since I don't have a hatchling rack, I'm a little concerned about keeping them warm and humid. My adults are in glass tanks, which is temporarily working until I save up for either boaphiles/vision cages. However since the babies will need to be in separate compartments, my best idea was shoe boxes in a large tank? This still doesn't seem to be a great idea

3. Every article I've read suggested feeding the hatchlings live pinky mice. I don't raise my own rats, and my "rat provider" is 35 minutes away and somewhat inconsistent. Would they start off on frozen/thawed, or will I need to be running over to get fresh ones every few days?

These are my main concerns.

My other option would be to wait until I am 100% sure she is gravid and sell her. I am leaning towards this, because I firmly believe in providing animals the bast care they can have, and if my situation isn't ideal, she deserves better. How much would I sell her for though, because what she would have is uncertain at best. I'm not even positive that the male is mojave?

Help please! I want to learn, but not at the cost of endangering the babies/eggs