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RE: Gestation ?'s

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Posted by: Jlassiter at Sun Apr 8 23:43:26 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jlassiter ]  
   

>>Yeah, its around 7 days after the last shed. I wish I could find the perfect lay box for them, so they would just lay right away.
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I've kinda gotten away from "boxes" for the larger females.....They work "okay" for smaller females only.....IMHO

For the larger females I just turn half (or more) of their enclosure into a nesting "area"........I do need to rethink the lay area medium/substrate though. I am thinking moist Peat Moss and sand or a mixture of moist Eco Earth and sand....something they can actually make a "nest" out of and it holds its shape. The Sphagnum moss doesn't hold its shape too well, but has been "sufficient" over the years. Then there's temperatures to ponder...I think that if I turn half of their enclosure into a nesting area then it should be length-wise so that there is a hot/moist end and a cool/moist end, but they always tend to lay their eggs towards the warmer side of the enclosure....So should I turn the back half into a nesting area?
Or should I just turn their entire enclosure into a nesting area?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...


   

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