Thank you! I used the 12" wide heat tape from reptile basics.
My last clutch I incubated with a 50/50 mix of perilite and vermiculite in sealed containers. It was my understanding that the sealed containers are needed to hold humidity and maintain a constant temp however it means you have to open the lid every once iin a while to get some fresh air in there. To me that seems counter productive.
I actually have an idea on how to keep a sealed egg box with no substrate that will always have fresh air and constant temp. I am thinking about running an air pump with an air stone the (the kind that run air stones in fish tanks) to a sealed Tupperware that is full of water. Coming off that Tupperware will be a manifold that feeds tubes to the sealed egg boxes. For ventilation each egg box will have a one way valve to let old air out as the fresh air comes in. The air is humidified and temperature normalized by passing through the water in the tupperware bin prior to being pumped into the egg boxes. The exchange rate will be very low so as not to cause any temperature fluctuations.
The pump will be outside the incubator so it will get fresh air from outside the incubator and the pump will not add heat to the inside of the incubator. I can coil as much air line as needed in the incubator to also help normalize temps prior to getting pumped into the water then on to the egg boxes.
Obviously this is an untested Idea but I have some time before I need it functioning again so it is a good opportunity to give it a go.
This whole process is not for bp eggs as they are fairly hardy. It is for my woma and future black-headed python eggs. They need high humidity, constant temps, lots of oxygen and absolutely zero moisture. Incubating eggs successfully seems harder than breeding them. I am hoping this takes the guesswork out of it for me.
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