Great post Jimmy. I've slowly gone to incubating my eggs (all species)dryer over the years also and have had much better hatch rates. I also only add water when I notice eggs caving in some or if I feel the substrate and it seem almost totally dry.

There are different opinions about temps but I've droped my temps over the years to 78-82 which have definatly not hurt. I get larger healthier babies across the board. I look at the high temp thing along with extreme temp fluctuations like many other things involving snakes which is if there is a chance it's harmful why do it if it's reasonable possible to avoid. Congrats on your sucess this year.
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Randy Whittington

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