Allowing females to brood

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No, it's not hard to maintain the right conditions. It's the same conditions you've been maintaining your snake in for all its life. If you have a hard time maintaining the regular 80/90 heat and the regular humidity (like when you're using a display glass tank), then yes, this would be hard for you. But, if your snake is living in stable conditions, then it's not any harder to let them brood it themselves.

Now, those of us who attempted maternal incubation have different reasons for doing so. I, myself, went the maternal incubation route because I trusted the snake to know the proper conditions of the eggs more than me. I didn't trust that I could properly get an incubator going (too wet, too dry, too hot, not hot enough, etc. etc.). With maternal incubation, the snake does all that work for you. All you have to do is maintain the snake like you've always maintained it before.

And, about the fish analogy - for me, using an incubator would be like using the machete...

But the reality of the thing is - the debate on maternal incubation versus artificial incubation is the exact same debate as feeding frozen or live. One is not better than the other in a general sense. One is only better than the other when taking into consideration your individual situation. For some, maternal incubation is the way to go, for others, artificial incubation is it.

Oh, ok then. No need to get defensive. Cage temps/humidity can fluctuate can they not? and what if she lays them on the hot spot and they get too hot? All Im saying is what I have heard others say on this forum and off. Oh and also the sooner you get her off the eggs and get her and her cage cleaned, the sooner you can get her back to feeding and up to wieght. And no its not that hard to keep the right conditions for your snake but I think eggs are a little more sensitive to conditions than full grown snakes.