Sasha,
This is the setup I have been using very successfully since the late 1970's. It will typically keep the ambient humidity at about 90%, and the lowest I have ever seen the humidity with this setup is about 85%. The plastic boxes contain cloth towels that need to stick out above the surface of the water and act as a wick system. It is heated from below the cage bottom using Flexwatt. Also, the smaller the interior cage volume, the easier it is to maintain the higher humidity and air vents are kept to a minimum. The nest box is lined with moist, long-fibered sphagnum, and about once every three days I will spray a little water over the top of the female and around her to keep the sphagnum moist. Other than this I don’t do anything else to the environment. The key is to keep the nest box substrate temps and ambient temps in the mid-80's and being careful not to let it get above about 88. I would not have a heat source directly above the female as this could easily cause problems. Always use quality temp and humidity monitoring equipment if at all possible. I have had outstanding success with this setup and never had any egg desiccation problems, or health problems with the females.

If a female burmese completely leaves the egg mass during incubation, that could be a sign that something may not be quite right. I have never had a female burmese or Sri Lanka python leave the eggs completely during incubation. The loosening of the coils could be a sign that the egg mass is too warm, but they will periodically shift positions around the egg mass as well. Look back at my previous post on the females muscular contraction rate as that will also give you a good idea about your existing temp range. Good luck and you will see the results in 56 days.

Kelly

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