1) How often do BP's lock/breed and a clutch not be yielded? I ask this as in the female doesnt lay any eggs what so ever. I'm not talking about slugs. If they do or dont why?

This is hard to to answer because sometimes no matter what you do they just don't go. I've had females lay I never saw a lock to females not lay that I saw plenty of good locks. It is all about timing, I do most of my pairings basis the weather.

2) This is a tough one as this is very local. Everywhere I look says to find someone to show you or assist you in sexing snakes. Whether that's probing or popping the younglings. Where the crap do I find someone in Calgary to help with something like that? Its asking alot and even when I go to reptile expos, how do you even ask that. Not to mention although the snake community is very nice, it would still be a complete stranger in my house. Is there someplace I can take them?

I learned at an expo, strike up a conversation with a breeder during the slow hours or watch plenty of youtube videos

3) Incubators, I've seen everything under the sun used as an incubator but what would you suggest? Here are the three options I currently have. I have an old fridge that I could easily turn into one but the thing is quite large. I could build my own insulated unit to whatever dimensions I wanted, it would be quite tank like Haha. Lastly I could go the cooler route that only fits 2-3 clutches. Should I go big or go home? Should I start small and work my way up?

Always start out small, my first clutches were incubated in hova bator incubators and then I switched to DIY cooler for more clutches. I'm now considering re purposing a beverage cooler.

4) a) Incubation tubs. I have seen alot of different substrate or lack there of used to keep the humidity up in the incubation tubs. The option I am leaning towards is the eggs crate suspended in water route. Meaning not using any substrate matter, just water and an egg crate/rack to suspend the eggs above the water. A breeder Ive talked to here does this and has alot of positive things to say about it. Vermiculite has alot of conflicting opinions interms of too high or too low of humidity. Some love it, some thing its a pain. What do you do think/suggest?

I've done substrate less incubation with just a cooler, water nd an egg crate as well as vermiculite/tub. I now like setting up a tub with vermiculite, water and an egg crate with the eggs above the moist vermiculite because it was easier to keep the eggs dryer that way for me.

b) Incubation temperatures need to be between 88-90 INSIDE or OUTSIDE the incubation tub? How do you measure that? Obviously the incubator would be thermostatically controlled with my Herbstat 4 but my concern is inside the tub. My thought was to squeeze a thermometer probe wire between the lid and the container of the incubation tub and run a thermometer probe inside to monitor it. Thoughts?

I know some people who incubate at 83, the eggs will hatch but it will take a little longer. I just control the incubator itself, I don't worry about the tubs. I cut when the first one peeps.


c) How do you measure humidity inside the incubation tub?

I don't measure humidity, I set it and forget it with drenched vermiculite and the eggs sitting on an eggcrate on top of the substrate.

5) Do you change the incubation tub sizes to whatever fits the clutch or do you always use 7qt tubs and just separate the eggs from one another so they all fit? Is there such a thing as to big of a tub?

I incubate in 6 qt or 15 qrt depending on clutch size, I never separate eggs until one peeps and it's time to cut.

6) I forgot this one and meant to put it at the beginning, sorry Haha. As I stated above I bred Allan×Misty and Poe xEdgar however I had to removed Allan from breeding for some time and substituted him for Poe. If both males successfully locked to the same female, is there a chance of have a clutch with both males gene's being present in the clutches? (Eg, Misty's clutch could be champ, pin, pastel, mystic, Mojave het Albino?) I hope that made sense.

Duel sired cluthes are possible but I'm very particular about what i'm breeding so I usually don't use two males unless they are exactly the same genes.

This is the way I do it, everyone has their own method, I've seen everything from incubating at high 70s to just turning a walk in closet into an incubator with a space heater or even not providing hot spots for their snakes but just keeping the room at 82.