Welcome, good to see you have both met and handled the questions so well! ; )



I think that she looks possibly gravid too. I would be prepared just in case. Nothing worse than having a cluch of eggs and nothing to set them up!



I do use just a styrofoam box. My last 2 clutches hatched at about 158 days. My reptile room is about 170 with some fluctuations and humidity in the box is 50-60%. I had 100% hatch on both clutchs. If you don't have the styrofoam box I have heard that a plastic shoebox will work just as well. Just find a quiet spot in a closet or under a bed where the temperature is in the right range and where it won't be disturbed.



Once word of caution with the foam box is that if you leave your lids on the deli cups loosely like I do and the eggs hatch in the foam box the babies will climb the sides. I had one clutch of 15 that hatched unknown to me, at about 140 days. When I went to check on the eggs, or so I though, I lifted the lid and babies went running in all directions! I had to yell for my hubby to come help me catch them all. There were only 14 as one had fallen into the cup of water I keep in the incubatior and drowned. So now I check more frequently and when I see an egg sweating I move the clutch to a tank so that they can hatch out in their home. No more accidents!



The clutch of 13 capra are 2 months old and just this week I lost the 2 runts, I never expected them to live to be 1-month as they were always so thin and tiny. Still you hate to have them live 2 months and then not make it. I still feel that a clutch of 11 is a good size bunch. There is still one small one but he is eating well so I am hopeful.



I see you figured out the photos. They are different on just about every board on the net!



Well, I have made up for not getting to the forum sooner, got long winded! Hope you don't mind. ; )



Keep us posted on Olympia.
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