Quote Originally Posted by Crawly's Mom View Post
Okay that was going to be another of my questions, how often to spritz or if you need to change out the vermiculite for new moist vermiculite if the other dries out or how you maintain that. I wonder how much water I would put into a wine chiller to keep the air humid without making it too much so that it hurts the eggs. I think I am going to end up running this thing for months before the eggs come to make sure I have all the temps and everything right lol.
Running the incubator for awhile is not a bad idea so you can fine tune it before you put eggs in it. As far as the vermiculite staying moist, if you spritz once a week youll be fine. You dont need to change it out. Now if you go with the raised method i got no help for ya there cause i dont do it and never have. I dont have anything against it, i just dont use that method. The best thing to do is research all methods and choose one that works for you. Another option that some have good luck with is maternal incubation. Though i think that method has the most room for error in captive breeding.