There isn't as much room below the grate as I'd like, only about 1 1/2 inches. I had to leave enough room on top of the grate for a pile of eggs. Sometimes a big pile that doesn't come apart will have to go in a deeper box.

BTW, I remove all of the eggs from these boxes with multiple clutches around day 50 before they pip and get egg goo in the box. I re-use the box all year and sometimes from year to year. The snakes hatch on paper and don't get caught in the grate or drown under it. They also don't get vermiculite in their mouth and heat pits.

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• The great incubation Substrate debate - SteveinIL, Wed Mar 28 23:52:50 2012
• This Way Works For Me - FGS, Thu Mar 29 01:29:22 2012
• RE: The ever forgiving perlite - WillStill, Thu Mar 29 07:58:12 2012
• Revised SIM - mikebell, Thu Mar 29 09:37:42 2012
• RE: Revised SIM - WillStill, Thu Mar 29 13:09:08 2012
• RE: Revised SIM - coldthumb, Thu Mar 29 18:30:56 2012
• RE: Revised SIM - willstill, Thu Mar 29 19:10:51 2012
• RE: The great incubation Substrate debate - mikebell, Thu Mar 29 09:34:16 2012
• RE: The great incubation Substrate debate - willstill, Thu Mar 29 19:15:07 2012
• RE: The great incubation Substrate debate - mikebell, Fri Mar 30 09:02:23 2012
• The great incubation Substrate debate - JYohe, Thu Mar 29 15:50:11 2012
• RE: The great incubation Substrate debate - willstill, Thu Mar 29 19:20:01 2012
• Carpet Pythons hatch quickly - mikebell, Fri Mar 30 09:04:24 2012
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• Definitely Perlite - reidbeg, Thu Mar 29 19:18:14 2012
• RE: Definitely Perlite - lairofdragons, Thu Mar 29 20:50:02 2012
• A pile of Perlite is SIM - mikebell, Fri Mar 30 10:00:07 2012
• RE: A pile of Perlite is SIM - reidbeg, Sun Apr 1 15:58:28 2012
• Perlite won't absorb water - mikebell, Mon Apr 2 10:28:17 2012
• RE: The great incubation Substrate debate - jaymiller242, Fri Mar 30 23:16:46 2012
• RE: The great incubation Substrate debate - AGoldReptiles, Sat Mar 31 18:00:40 2012
• RE: Water - Holloway, Sat Mar 31 21:55:34 2012
• RE: Water - jaymiller242, Sun Apr 1 14:36:23 2012
• RE: Water - Holloway, Sun Apr 1 22:58:10 2012
• RE: Water - jaymiller242, Mon Apr 2 19:33:00 2012
• RE: The great incubation Substrate debate - SteveinIL, Wed Apr 4 02:47:43 2012