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RE: Incubation Temp's you've had success wit

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Posted by: FR at Wed Jun 5 17:56:46 2013   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FR ]  
   

The nose, got me, all snakes lay eggs and do not need a nose if they cover them.

Ok, normally snakes do not cover their eggs, they leave a space the with of their body around them.



This is a picture of a normal nesting. This is a deep nesting in captivity that is set up to view the nesting taking place.

All the nests I have seen in nature, have been like this.

That said, monitors, which I have seen many many many hundreds of nestings, have a range, if the ground is wet, they make a cave and do not cover the eggs, the wetter it is, the bigger the air space. If dry, they cover the eggs completely. Funny as this sounds, normal is the eggs half covered.

Please understand, these animals are not windup dolls and only capable of one thing. They have multiple methods and must them so a small change does not cause their extinction.

Hogs, seem to be evolved to particular soil types and their nose is used to tunnel and live in a maze of under the surface tunnels and caves. The spend the vast majority of their lives in these tunnels. Cheers

   

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