From breeding to the egg laying, it is usually in the 35 to 45 day range(give or take).

Then, it depends greatly on temps as to exactly how long they take to hatch. At a warmer temp, they will hatch sooner, and at a cooler one, they will obviously take a bit longer to incubate.

My way of thinking is that it is much safer to use slightly cooler temps should there be a temp spike for any number of reasons. I incubate at around 80 to 81 so there is a slight "buffer zone". It takes around 55 to 60 days at these temps.

Generally speaking, it is approximately two days difference with incubation for every degree of temp difference.


good luck!


~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

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