EGG TRANSPORTING Help needed asap

[RichsBallPythons]

i got a guy contact me about his balls. he for some reason kept his male spider with a female. He told me the male wont stay off her. He told me if the girl has eggs he wants me to take them and incubate them. all the eggs are mine free of charge.

So here coems the problem. im not sure when eggs are due to arrive. but its been either 41oF down to 1oF. He lived 15-20 miles form me. ill have the incubator setup that i can toss in hot hands(heat packs) and hope for the best transport.

Whats the best way to transport the eggs to my house to keep them as warm as possible with minimal egg loss.

[mooingtricycle]

i got a guy contact me about his balls. he for some reason kept his male spider with a female. He told me the male wont stay off her. He told me if the girl has eggs he wants me to take them and incubate them. all the eggs are mine free of charge.

So here coems the problem. im not sure when eggs are due to arrive. but its been either 41oF down to 1oF. He lived 15-20 miles form me. ill have the incubator setup that i can toss in hot hands(heat packs) and hope for the best transport.

Whats the best way to transport the eggs to my house to keep them as warm as possible with minimal egg loss.

Get a small foam cooler. Set up the egg box so its ready for the incubator. Instruct him not to touch the eggs.... but to make sure his enclosure is at the proper temperatures for the eggs, if they come ( Just in case he hasnt a clue as to how to care for them)


Get a heat pack or two. ( just something to keep the foam cooler warm for the drive, im assuming this is about a 30 minute drive) And youll be fine. Try not to let them get too jostled and you should be golden.

Before you leave. tell him to separate those animals.

[RichsBallPythons]

so ill have a temp. incubator foam carrier for the ride with heat packs. and have the real one here at home for the final transport.

IM using hatchrite.

[RichsBallPythons]

his female is 3000+ grams he said and that he has her lock up date marked. once i get that from him tomorrow ill know. when shes due. On average how long is the gestion period of BP.

I know the 60 day hatch day, sometimes earlier or later.

and i told him jsut now in his email not to touch them if she drops eggs, that i will come to get them

[mooingtricycle]

so ill have a temp. incubator foam carrier for the ride with heat packs. and have the real one here at home for the final transport.

IM using hatchrite.

The eggs, depending on the temperatures of the enclosure they were laid in, will be fine for a 30 minute ride with just a couple heat packs to keep the air warm. You dont want them to get FROZEN, but warm is fine until you put them in the waiting main incubator. Eggs.. while... fragile, are also pretty hardy believe it or not. ( i learned this first hand because my incubators t-stat.. got.. messed up and for a day the eggs were fairly cool.. They all hatched)

[mooingtricycle]

his female is 3000+ grams he said and that he has her lock up date marked. once i get that from him tomorrow ill know. when shes due. On average how long is the gestion period of BP.

I know the 60 day hatch day, sometimes earlier or later.

Youd have to know whent he POS was to have a better idea of when eggs are due. ( Post ovulation shed) Breeding, dosnt mean much until the female is actually gravid.

[RichsBallPythons]

Alright thanks so far. ill find out if she has shed yet. he dont know anything about breeding i believe. so i told him to read about the signs to he can better tell me his situation. and give me time to order more incubating substrate.

[Bruce Whitehead]

The EASIEST way would be to have him give you the female until she lays... if he is concerned and is wanting the best for her and the eggs, then this makes the most sense.

Put her in QT. Once she lays either you get her back on feed, or he comes and picks her up.

If he is only a few minutes away then arranging transport of a snake will be easier then trying to move eggs.

He needs to be responsible in this and accept that there are certain limitations.

Bruce

[RichsBallPythons]

thanks Bruce.

thing is i dont have another part of the house heated this warm. rest of house is 74 degrees.

if hes willing i guess ill set up 2 heating pads up till she lays. once she lays ill have him come get her 24 hours later.

[RichsBallPythons]

well today the guy called me that his girl popped. how he didnt notice this is beyond me. but she had her eggs. i went over and he was irritating her and she was snapping at anything near her tub.

I now have the eggs in my care in the bator. he houses his spider with this girl normally. so good sign ill get spiders out of this clutch. He is getting nothing for being a moron.

i forgot gloves so i got tagged like 6 times getting her off. once she was off she weighed 3154grams. the eggs were 645grams. was a 22mins drive back to my house. hope all is well and none go south. today was 41degrees and raining.


the picture is how she was the whole time i was there. he pissed her off more than needed.