Hi Kyle, I am finally back, hahahahahahaha. I will attempt to answer your questions shortly, tonight or tomorrow mourning. I still do not have my pics on this new computer.
In the meantime think about this. As with anything there are degrees or good, or bad nesting. As in, there are many many ways to skin this cat, How you do it depends on you and your setup and willingness to work.
My best results occurred in making nesting boxes(nesting cages) that are much larger then the normal cages the snakes are in.

There appears to be some method of thinking that drives keepers to think a nest box must fit inside a cage. The problem is, most cages are too small for that to occur.
The key to this is, there are easily definable results that you can gauge nesting results. Much more then, eggs hatched. While eggs hatching is a base great result, once that occurs, then there are many more layers of success that can be measured. These layers are based on the effect nesting has on the female.
Great nesting, has little to no negative effect on the females. In fact within a few hours, you cannot tell the female laid. Little to no weight loss, etc.
Lastly, nesting is a learned behavior with both the snakes an keepers. here its about the snakes. With kings, if they nest successfully, they will attempt to nest in the exact same place, clutch after clutch and year after year. So please think about this, while I locate my pics and post them. I will post them at the top in a new thread. Thanks for being patient.

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