Beware . If you make a mistake with temps @ 81 they will be 91 or you will dry out the clutch.



This photo is from one hour ago.







I used a plastic shoe box with damp not wet garden variety peat moss as the nest box and I'll use the same thing as a hatch box minus the entrance holes.I use the basement snake room to keep the eggs ( 70 - 82 but mostly about 76-78 degrees.If I want higher temps I use the space above kitchen cupboards but that can be a problem if I'm at work and the temps go too high.

DO NOT TRY AND HEAT YOUR EGGS as you may cook them (egg salad)

Many guys use incubator set ups with great success but this being your first attempt I urge you to use the method that the snakes have used for millions of years....nothing, just moist medium and cool basement temps70-80.













































BTW if your eggs go bad don't let them go to waste
















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"He's down in the basement staring at his snakes " My Wife





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Doug L

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• Eggs n incubation - Regius71, Mon Jul 5 16:59:53 2010
• RE: Eggs n incubation - DMong, Mon Jul 5 17:41:37 2010
• RE: Eggs n incubation - Regius71, Mon Jul 5 18:26:41 2010
• RE: Eggs n incubation - DMong, Mon Jul 5 18:56:23 2010
• oh!, something else I forgot! - DMong, Mon Jul 5 19:08:20 2010
• ................EGG SALAD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - snake_bit, Mon Jul 5 19:59:56 2010
• RE: ................EGG SALAD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Regius71, Tue Jul 6 23:44:37 2010
• RE: ................EGG SALAD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - DMong, Wed Jul 7 02:01:32 2010