>>Hahaha! It was perfect, Toby...any shorter and it wouldn't have meant as much.
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>>Sounds like you had a very cool incubator. The tank itself provided the humidity and you didn't have to rely on the incubation box or substrate..neat idea.
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>>I'm incubating at room temps this year and unfortunately they are a little higher than I expected, around 82-83*F at the warmest time of day. Must be the new roof holding the heat in better. At least I don't have any trouble with humidity, as the monsoons have raised us up to around 55-60%. I just have an incubation box with vermiculite on a shelf. Most colubrids aren't nearly as difficult as the Orthriophis eggs.
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>>I think you did a great job with those guys. Anytime you can get 8 perfect hatchlings you're doing something right. Congrats on getting 4 calicos and 4 hets. Hopefully the sex ratio will be decent too.
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>>Best...Terry
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Thanks Terry!

I agree that the other colubrids I have bred, have had much easier eggs than these. I will probably incubate at room temps from now on, as I think that the lower incubation temps were one of the factors in these babies' successful development. I am planning on using a different cage for an incubator, next year, which will hold more tubs, and have easier access via front sliding doors.

What are you incubating eggs from, right now?

-Toby
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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