Quote Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan View Post
Honestly, in my opinion the human can be better at it than the snake. You should also factor in what your plans are. If you want to attempt breeding again next season, you need to get her off the eggs so she starts eating again. If you are like me and believe there is the possibility of gold in every egg you won't want to bet on how good a mother she is.

On the other hand, if this is a learning experience for you and you want to see how they do it naturally go for it if you think you can keep the environment right. I would be ready to pull her off the eggs if things start to go south. Sometimes there are rollouts that are good and you may have to incubate anyway to save the egg. I am not against maternal incubation and will probably give it a try myself one day preferably on a clutch that I am not counting on.
Yeah im going to have a back up incubator just in case of a rollout. Thanks!

Quote Originally Posted by kxr View Post
Honestly, all I did when I incubated my first clutch (only just expecting my second *next weekend lol) was get one of those Eco terra incubators that they sell at pet stores, buy a container that was big enough to hold the eggs but not so big it didn't fit in the incubator (which was a bit of a struggle) at the dollar store, put a bit of water in it, stack a few light diffusers in the water so that it was above the water, put the eggs on top and seal it with press and seal. The humidity wasn't a problem and the incubator maintained the temps. Only 4/6 hatched but I attribute a lot of that to me going to Barbados during incubation and getting the bright idea to put a paper towel over the eggs so the water wouldn't dry up or something... It got wet and in turn so did a couple of the eggs... Luckily this time I won't be going on vacation until after they hatch.
The humidity thing is actually the problem im scared of. I think I'll try the vermiculite with an egg crate method.