Like I said, what i like about this method is that it's not high-science: If there's not much condensation on the sides (see pic in initial post) I add moisture; if the sphagnum on top is drying out, or the sphagnum around the sides doesn't seem damp, i add moisture. I add it by spraying (misting) with a spray bottle. Sometimes I hold the bottle a foot or so away and spray quickly directly on the top sphagnum AND the eggs, so they're visibly misted. Other times i'll spray from a few inches away, around the perimter of the container, moistening the sphagnum on the sides but not spraying the eggs. Sometimes I do both. I don't think it's real critical: My eggs that start out good tend to hatch, and the eggs that start out bad don't. That's about all you can ask of an incubation method!

peace

terry

(think about eggs in the wild: I've not studied the subject, but it seems to me the snakes can't lay under roofs. so they lay in rotted logs, piles of sawdust, whatever. Periodically it rains, and they get wetter; periodically there are dry spells and they're reliant on the moisture held in that incubation material. I doubt the snakes have ways of finding/using micro-environs with precise and consistent conditions. )

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