Hi Matt,



There are many different ways to successfully do the same thing. here is what i recommend:



1) use long-fiber sphagnum moss (NOT sphagnum peat) -- submerge it for a few minutes, wring it out by hand, fill the laybox to the top with it loosely piled.



2) if you have a room where temps stay around 80 (maybe your snake room) just incubate on a shelf in that room. that temp is optimal and temps are less likely to vary radically in a big volume (like a room) than in a small volume (like an incubator) if there's a power outage or other mechanical/electrical malfunction.



simplicity works. the pic is in my snake room early in the 2003 laying season: eventually the 24 slots get filled up with egg boxes and more end up stacked on top.



the link right below the photo is to a pic of one of the layboxes after a female laid. USUALLY they burrow under the moss and lay on the bottom of the container; this female crawled around on top of the moss and matted it down and then laid on top of it. Not typical behavior.



peace

terry

snake in laybox with eggs

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