I might be trying Maternal Incubation..

[Ginevive]

Last year before we moved, I casually paired my female with my male Spider. I didn't really think much of it..
Now she is showing signs of being eggy. She's getting very light, and is taking on the shape that I associate with eggers being in there. She's usually a voracious eater, but did not eat the last time that I offered her prey.
I no longer have my incubator, and I am thinking of just letting her incubate maternally. Any ideas on this? If you've ever done this, please advise me if you will.

[greghall]

too hard on the female & will probly lose the eggs They will dry out. Just make a quik bator.I would never do it myself.

[steveboos]

Yeah you'd be a whole lot better off just putting the eggs in a Hova Bator of something else to keep them warm. Way too many factors come into play when you do Maternal Incubation.

[BPelizabeth]

there are some do it yourself incubator threads on here. I know that money is tight right now for you but check out some of threads and see if you can do it cheap.

I also remember someone on here did a maternal incubation...(cant think of who that is right now) but maybe do a search and talk to them.

Good luck to you....

I have an extra cooler if that would help I would be willing to send it to you. I know that some have made an incubator out of those. Let me know!

[mainbutter]

MI is a perfectly legit way to incubate eggs.

I'm going to try it out for myself someday, I'm hoping to keep an eye on your progress, I hope it turns out well!!

[angllady2]

This is a very good thread on the pros and cons of Maternal Incubation. I found it very informative, it just takes a while to read through it all.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=33496

Gale