No offense taken and I appreciate your answer. I guess I was expecting all to hatch because they all looked so good throughout incubation. When it comes to breeding, I'm still a newbie, with only 4 sucessful clutches to my name and I feel I'm getting better with experience. Where as in the past with eggs that didnt hatch, I would try to find out the reason. I'm sure it was always/mostly my fault. I had infertile eggs once from snakes that I didnt cool, and when I brumated those same snakes, the next year I had all good eggs and a 100% hatch rate. I've lost eggs to an inferior incubator(again, my fault) and when I upgraded incubators, my hatch rate increased. It is good to know that not everyone gets 100% hatch, even though that is the goal. Snakes were very healthy before breeding this season, I used damp moss for nesting and moist(not wet) vermiculite as incubation substrate. I know that you cant tell how my husbandry is without seeing my set up and only having a little info, but, if anything sounds out of whack please let me know. I have thick skin and am always looking for and appreciative any any and all advice given. Thanks...Dave.

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• Hatch Rate For Large Clutches Ques - trevid, Fri Aug 19 19:48:51 2011
• RE: Hatch Rate For Large Clutches Ques - a153fish, Fri Aug 19 20:09:19 2011
• RE: Hatch Rate For Large Clutches Ques - mrkent, Fri Aug 19 23:35:54 2011
• RE: Hatch Rate For Large Clutches Ques - mrkent, Fri Aug 19 23:37:38 2011
• RE: its about reading your animals. - FR, Sat Aug 20 11:39:59 2011
• Thanks... - trevid, Sat Aug 20 12:09:10 2011
• Excellent post, Frank.... - BRhaco, Sat Aug 20 12:14:09 2011