Okay,

1. The breeding/copulating is the most involved part of the process. I start cooling in November with Night Drop and start pairing in December. Males spend 2-3 days in a females enclosure or until I notice a significant break in the lock. He gets removed. takes another 2 days off before being reintroduced to either the same female or another female. This process continues until late winter early spring, or unless I see signs of ovulation. But usually I will pull males anyways end of Febrauary early March.

2. Eggs usually come April - June. Once a female lays her eggs, I incubate them at 89 degrees in my incubator that I made using a wine cooler that had been gutted, fitted with heat tape and a fan, with a dozen or so water bottles at the bottom, and sealed. I use a substrateless incubation meathod that invovles a few inches of permilite, a few cups of water, and the eggs sit on top of a grate called an egg crate, which can be purchased at home depot. (they come in 6foot x 4 foot sheets so you have to be prepaired to cut it, which is not a big deal). I then put a sheet of glad press and seal between the lid of the shoebox and I replace the press and seal once a week.

... to be continued.