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guttersnacks
at Mon Apr 25 06:52:53 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by guttersnacks ]
I have no actual experience with natural incubation, but here are my thoughts on it. When an animal gets put in an enclosure, you're limiting their choices for where the female decides is the ideal place to settle down and drop her eggs. She cant rightly say "It's a little toasty in here for my taste, could you crack a window please?"
So, I'd be apprehensive about where she drops her eggs and decides to settle on top of them. I guess if you have information about ideal incubation temperatures for the species though, and the cage is big enough, you could give her about a 5 degree gradient from one end to the other and let her choose her favorite spot. Overall, daily monitoring would be on MY list for maternal incubation, whereas in an incubator setup I'd only wanna check on the eggs every 3-4 days.
Just some brainstorming from me, not actual advice.......
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Tom
TCJ Herps
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"
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RE: Maternal Incubation PROS AND CONS? - guttersnacks, Mon Apr 25 06:52:53 2005