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RE: My Pair of Granite Spineys

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Posted by: mtnsnakeman at Fri Mar 3 23:43:23 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mtnsnakeman ]  
   



Initially I would use bed-a-beast, take a block of this stuff and put it in a bucket or pot fill the pot with hot water and let the bed-a-beast soak up the water until its all broken up. Take the bed-a-beast in your hand and ring it out until no more water can be squeezed out. Add that to the deli tray (6" size) until you fill it up to 3/4 full. Cut a hole in the lid about fifty cent piece size, but cut the hole to the very edge so its easy to climb into. Just below the hole make sure there is a nice size divit for your female to climb in easy. I put my female in the container and put the lid on, this make the females climb out on there own, that way they know where the lay box is. Check the lay box every day maybe more often if you see her inside it( dont bother her if she is inside it). Once you have discovered that she has layed dont panic. The eggs will be fine for a day or so if your not ready for this part. Take a separate deli cup the 4" across ones, take a carpenter nail heat up the tip of the nail with a lighter and use it to poke 4 or 5 small holes from somewhere between the center to the top around the sides of the deli cup. Put the same mix of bed-a-beast squeezed out into the second deli cup until its almost full. As you find the eggs in the lay box gently remove the bed-a-beast off the top of the eggs one at a time.Take your index finger and make a divit in the bed-a-beast and place the egg same side up as you found it in the divit. Cover the eggs with the bed-a-beast untill you can just barely see the eggs. Place the lid on after your done and write the date on the top. Do you have a reptile room that stays in the constant 80 - 85 degrees? or a cage that is thermostatically controled? Place it in there and forget about it. They will hatch in 60 to 75 days after they were layed. If they dont hatch by 90 day I throw them out. I will always keep the lay box in the cage just in case she double clutches. I forgot this is important with spinys make sure the lay box is sunken into the soil so she can climb in with ease if its difficult to lay in the box they wont! They will end up laying in the water bowl. Here are some pics of the lay box.

Hope this helps,
Gary C.








   

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