Unexpected ball python eggs!

[scterial]

Hey guys!
So my female has just laid her very first clutch of eggs...unexpectedly! She laid 7 viable eggs. Since I was not expecting this along with that I'm in college, I left my incubator at my home and will not be able to bring it back until two weeks from now. I am allowing her to maternally incubate her eggs. Today is Day 3 since she laid (she laid her eggs in a terrarium). 2 of her eggs are dimpling bad, while the others are just fine. I've been trying to increase the humidity by adding sphagnum moss over and on the sides of the eggs in the hide box as well as around the hide box, but the humidity is still decreasing. I am going to put tin foil on the screen top, but I was wondering if I should just move her into a plastic tub and move her and her eggs in the tub? I will be gone for a week from March 22-29 for Spring break and plan on bringing my incubator from home back. Would it be better if moved her into the tub or should I just leave her in the terrarium? Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[kikkimea]

Oh my..
Humidity sucks in terrariums! I'll let the maternal pros answer, but i would definately move her carefully.

[scterial]

Oh my..
Humidity sucks in terrariums! I'll let the maternal pros answer, but i would definately move her carefully.

I know!! It's a pretty disconcerting issue. She's already stressed because I have to mist the cage every few hours, but I think it would be better if I moved her into a plastic container. What do the maternal pros say??!

[kikkimea]

I agree, i think one stressing move is better than you being all up in her grill every 5 minutes..
There are a couple of people who have threads here about maternal incubation. Read up and if no one answers I would try to contact them.

[Nick_bp]

I had problems with humidity in my terrarium. There is a thread on here that shows how to increase humidity. You can cover 3/4 of the screen top with foil our saran wrap. Good luck with your clutch.

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[kikkimea]

Btw, is she a normal and who's the father?

[scterial]

Btw, is she a normal and who's the father?

She is a very bright normal. Her name is Kyra btw!! Have you seen Brian Gundy's videos of his normal female who produced gold blush mojaves? My female is just as bright. I bred her to a pinstripe and a mojave, so I am excited to see the outcome!

[kikkimea]

Nice! I love Brian Gundy

[For Goodness Snakes]

Here are a couple things you can try.

You might consider taking a large towel and get it wet then ring it out. Place it inside the cage at the hotest place in the cage, then place another ringed out wet towel over 3/4 to 7/8 of the top of the cage. As the towel inside the cage is evaporating it will increase the amount of humidity inside the cage. The wet towel on top of the cage will help to lock the humidity inside.

A few years ago someone e-mailed me with the same scenario. He didn't have an incubator, so I had him build a styrofoam box inside his tub where he could keep a temp of 89 degrees. He built this box made out of styrofoam and placed a shoe box inside of it using a 1 to 1 ratio by weight between water and vermiculite 250 grams of vermiculite to 250 grams of water, make sure you drill an 1/8 " diameter hole at each end of the box about an inch from the top of the box. Once the substrate has reached 89 degrees place the eggs into the shoe box. Remember that the top of the eggs must stay the top of the egg, orientation of the eggs must stay the same as when they were layed. bury the eggs about half way into the substrate and place the lid on. The humidity inside the box should keep the humidity perfect for incubating ball python eggs. The styrofoam box should help to maintain the constant temperature needed to incubate the eggs.

If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 408-981-6694.

Best of luck

Brian Gundy / For Goodness Snakes

[kikkimea]

Nice! I love Brian Gundy

And boom, he appears!