41 qt sterilite tub w/lid, cypress mulch bedding, as soon as i saw signs she was gravid i put in a smaller plastic container upside down with a small hole on the side for entry(about an inch shorter then her tub and about 3/4 of the width and a 1/3 of the length). Filled it with damp sphagnum moss and left a thin layer of the mulch at the bottom. placed the edge of the container at the edge of the hotspot (11inch flexwatt) and placed about an inch of the mulch around the container to keep it in place.
Let mama do her thing and adjust the nest as she wanted and once i seen her wrapped around the pearly whites placed the thermometer prob as best i could in the center of the clutch (which needed to be adjusted every now and then), sprayed the mulch around the outside of the container and the entrance to the container daily to keep the humidity up, kep the temps between 86-89 degrees(kind of hard with a on/off thermostat).
she was a first time mom and i had 5 beautiful babies(100% hatch rate) start cutting on day 54, placed babies in there own tub on wet papertowls, removed the container and sphagnum moss from moms tub and she was feeding a couple days later.![]()