Quote Originally Posted by dr del View Post
Heh,



Well putting them in an incubator that doesn't need feeding and watering helps.

I use a wireless temp probe which means I don't need to look at the incubator to keep track so I only really do a weekly check on the eggs for candling, problems etc.

Having to see them everyday while checking on mama would drive me cookoo.

Whats mama's temperament like while she is doing this and how often does she leave the eggs to drink or feed?


dr del
Psycho mama is what she is right now. Have to be very careful changing the water dish coz if her head is peeking out the hole, then she's gonna tag and you're it. Fortunately, nobody has been bitten yet. We've been changing the water only every 3 days and besides that and the daily temp/humidity/smell check which we do without opening the tub, we've been leaving her pretty much alone.

The water dish is right next to the hole of her "egg hide" so she just extends her neck out the hole and drinks.

We fed her on day 2, so we're not gonna try again until day 12. Which would be the time we plan on re-candling, visually checking the eggs, etc.

From what we can see (we can only see the top 2 eggs within her coils, the eggs are white and lost its dimpling around day 4). There is no smell, not even poop smell, so she hasn't pooped yet, we think. But, we won't really know for sure until we take her out 3 days from now...

THREE DAYS FROM NOW SOUNDS SOOOOOO FAR AWAAAAAY! I can't think of 51 days from now. That's just crazily far away. Not sure if the incubator would change things. It would still be FAR AWAY!!!

I feel like I'm having a 3rd child...

Any and all advice on care for both mom and eggs are all completely welcome...