plastic grids for egg tubs

[C&H Exotic Morphs]

shouldnt we also discuss if it is needed at all? Putting the eggs directly on the substrate could be better or worse or could be the same, just easier to do. How do you place eggs at an angle onto such a plastic grid? Im a fan of having the eggs in exactly the same angle that the female initially places them in the clutch. With such a plastic grid, all are placed horizontally. Looks tidy, but is it good to move an egg from a standing position to a horizontal position?

please clarify. Maybe the best advice is to just forget about it.

The reason most of us use it is because we can keep our incubation substrate VERY wet. You don't have to worry about getting the right mix of substrate:water and just add as much water as possible. With the grate the eggs can still be placed at the same angle they were layed at, you basically just grab the clutch and place it on top of the egg crate. The only time you may have to separate any eggs is if the clutch is very tall then you may have to remove an egg or 2 off the top so it isn't in contact with the lid of the tub.
As far as maintaining the orientation of the eggs, they can be moved alittle bit when they are first layed. Also I have read a couple reports that it maintaining the orientation of BP eggs isn't as big of a deal as it's made out to be. A member Muddoc(Bailey&Bailey Reptiles) on here did alittle experiement with flipping eggs over to see if it caused any problems.
Here is the link to that experiement.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...%2Borientation

It wasn't a huge number of test samples, so not a "true" scientific experiement, but still worth knowing.