Hi again



You brought up some great points. Yes, I always move the cage furniture with the snake, and not just with nesting cages. They know their turf, by their scent. Whenever I move an individual, I move its scent with it. It does help.



Also, about stress and nesting. After decades of watching snakes nest, in nature. It becomes clear, they do not place their eggs in areas to hatch the eggs. They place their eggs in areas that have the highest survival rate for the hatchlings. Which normally means, at or near the spot the adults hatched. Whats important is, neonate survival, not eggs hatching.



Females seek areas that support neonates. Which is more then just areas suitable to hatch eggs. We as normal keepers, do not think like that that. We normally take it to the bare minimum, one step better then the water bowl or simply dropping the eggs around the cage.



So depth, temp range, humidity range and security are what is important. Whats interesting is, its not hard to do.



About the lid, again, I am different. I always place the lites IN the cage. I use lites that are not hot enough to burn the animals. So I screw a lite fixture to the inside of the lid. Then step the the surface like a normal cage. I do have some more pics, I just have to find them. Cheers

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