The method I showed and am using is not 100% perfect. I can make it better. There is always room to do so. I think it is a thousand times better than some other methods I have seen though.



The reason for the plastic cover with the hole is so the female is not constantly in damp substrate. As Frank has pointed out numerous times on the forums, options need to be available. It would not be healthy for a hog to spend weeks in a damp environment without being able to get away from it as needed.



I think that offering a huge bin filled with nesting substate would be great. I would be a larger version of what I do. The female would have many more options for nesting. For me, with over a dozen breeding and gravid females, using large bins would take up lots of space.



Wether the method I am using is new or old does not matter. What is important is that people are seeing a better method and some have even used it already since I poted about it the first time.



It was a huge eye opener to see the difference in behavior when a female has a proper nesting spot. It was fun to observe and learn. Getting a nicely deposited clutch that is fertile is awesome. It is nice to actually DIG up eggs and wonder how they fit so many eggs in one little pocket of substrate.



Next season, I will be building a rack that will hold bins at least twice the size of the ones I am currently using. That will be the next step for me with trying to better the method.

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