38 days in [maternal incubation]

[Quiet Tempest]

Congrats!! They look Great.

I plan on doing this with my Ball, cause I dont have the money and the time to do an incubator. My wife's pregnant and the baby balls will be here about the same time my Baby's do. Be funny if its the same day!

So I plan on doing Maternal Incubation, but i have a few questions..

1. What was your set-up? I know you said you have a lay/hide box filled with moss and the humidity was 70% with a heat pad under that part of the tank. But where did you have the heat lamp?

2. Did you have this set-up before she layed and she knew to lay in the moss? or did you move them after she layed?

3. When did you feed her? did you do it right after layed?

1. 40 gallon breeder tank. I use some Clingwrap on about 3/4 of the screen cover to keep humidity up in the tank because the room tends to stay a bit dry. The laybox is a Sterilite tub with a hole cut in the lid with just enough room for the female to enter/exit. I don't use a heat lamp over this tank.

2. I had originally put the laybox in the middle of the tank when she was going into blue for her pre-lay shed but after she shed she kept pushing it out of the way and/or trying to go under it to lay on the heatpad. Because of that, I just put the laybox directly over the heat for her and she stayed in there or just outside, laying inverted for most of the time. When she looked like she was obviously going to lay, she stayed coiled and buried under the moss the entire time. I figured this would be no different than with my corn snakes and they seek out a suitable place to lay when the time is right. I tried to provide that and she seemed content with what I gave her.

3. I fed her the day after all of the eggs had either pipped or hatched. She ate a small rat right away and when I put her back in the cage, she went straight back to the laybox to coil around the eggs left in there. Now that all 5 babies have left their eggs, I've removed all them from the tank and mom and put them each into a tub with damp paper towel, water dish, and a small hide.



When I have a chance or after they shed (which ever comes first), I'll get more pics of these guys/girls. I've just been busy lately and not had time to snap any new ones.