Allowing females to brood

[Wapadi]

Are your snakes brooding in a rack system? and do you offer different substrate? If my rack setup is perfect for my other snakes (yearlings, adults, etc) with my current bedding then she doesn't need a specific laying box, right? I have two females currently breeding for our first eggs ever and me and my husband are spilt on how to incubate. I was thinking about letting one mom do her thing and pulling the other clutch (fingers crossed for two healthy cluthes) and us incubating...

[Quiet Tempest]

Are your snakes brooding in a rack system? and do you offer different substrate? If my rack setup is perfect for my other snakes (yearlings, adults, etc) with my current bedding then she doesn't need a specific laying box, right? I have two females currently breeding for our first eggs ever and me and my husband are spilt on how to incubate. I was thinking about letting one mom do her thing and pulling the other clutch (fingers crossed for two healthy cluthes) and us incubating...

I keep my balls in a rack system and I like to use cypress as substrate. So long as things aren't becoming wet with condensation dripping on the snakes, I think it's an ideal bedding in tubs. I think that the rack provides them with a sense of being hidden and safe so I only use hides with my younger snakes. The adults are content to just lounge in the back of the tub.

If you want to give maternal incubation a try, I would definitely encourage it because I think it's incredible to watch the moms do what they do best and how better to learn than through experience firsthand. Just read up on everyone else's experiences - what worked and what didn't - and have a spot available in the incubator in case you change your mind or any problems arise.