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Hello...I picked up some Vermiculite from a tru value near my home and it also said perlite on the bag. The material in the bag is very fine?? I have noticed that all the egg pictures I see being incubated are of a larger material? I have seen vermiculite in a large form but cant seem to find it. I have heard much about mixing the two now for better results so I would like to do this. I have seen Perlite in small bags in a greenery but it looks like it has chemicals in it for plants, so I don't think it is the right stuff.

If anyone could tell me what the best stuff is and where I could buy it that would be great. Sorry for the long post.

Pat

perlite is usually white grains. vermiculate does come in fine and coarse. either works as an incubation medium separately and mixed so i don't think it really matters which you use. use what you are comfortable with and works for you.

the vermiculate i have is pretty fine as well but seems to be holding moisture well and keeping the eggs from collapsing so far. not that i would use myself as a good example as for one; this is the first time i have bred reptiles and two, i am currently incubating crested gecko eggs, not snake eggs at all.

but from my reading on breeding both ball pythons, cornsnakes and crested geckos, vermiculate or perlite is used, with equal good results.
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