If she's just coming out of brumation, I'd feed her heavy for a little while first. Let her put on some weight and up her calcium intake, she'll need it to produce eggs. If you only have the one female I'd go out and get a hovabator. Building your own incubator won't save you any money and is usually for larger operations so you can house many clutches at the same time. The male doesn't really need anything special, make sure that he is healthy because some will go off there feed while breeding. I'm trying the cricket free thing this season, so far it's working well. If you feed live, plan on tons of baby crickets, each baby can eat up to 100 per day (I never really counted each one but think this is a good estimate)



Sean

Heart Mountain Herps

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