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toshamc
at Sat Apr 15 19:23:46 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by toshamc ]
LOl - that was the first thing that came to my mind as well. I guess I've been hanging out in the rat barn too much - "this girls not a good mom I'll just move her pups to that girl."
There are some studies where they have moved eggs from one females clutch to anothers and they have incubated them - however females generally only lay as many as they can effectively incubate and might push out the extra eggs that they cant handle. Plus, I only have the one clutch right now and the next one not due for a couple more weeks. And I don't think that another snake would just randomly sit on the eggs - tho I have heard instances where one female has laid a clutch and another housed with her has temporarily sat on the eggs.
My worst case scenario is to crank up the heat to 89* and make sure I maintain 100% humidity just like the incubator and I'm sure they will be just fine. It's just a bit of a bummer if I have to pull them - but she is just not interested in sitting on them and they are starting to deflate to the point were I am concerned.
Thanks!
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RE: Need Help /Advice - toshamc, Sat Apr 15 19:23:46 2006