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if I put one of those lighting grate covers like the ones i see people putting over perlite or vermiculite, on feet so to say. and it was about 2-3" off the incubation container floor could I just use water in the bottom as long as the eggs or snakes cant when hatched, get down into it. and if i used water wouldnt that also act like a heat sink to help with temperature recovery when opened besides always visually seeing your water level

Yes, it will work. I use a very similar setup but with perlite and water. The perlite keeps the water from splashing, and helps create mass. I hope this helps its late! If you would like a pic of my egg boxes let me know.
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Greg Power
B.O.A. Inc
boainc@gmail.com

yes please,nyhellraiser@earthlink.net

The grate is sitting on 2 inch pvc tube just as you described.

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Jaremy Douglas

wow cool,how many times have you used that method and does the water act like a heatsink

I have used this method several times for colubrid and carpet python eggs with excellent results. This is my first time using it with ball eggs. It has been five weeks and the ball eggs in the pic look great!

Jaremy
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Jaremy Douglas

did the pipe come precut or did you have to cut it to length

It comes precut. It is a connector piece and the cost was 38 cents each at Menard's. Any home improvement store will have these.

Jaremy
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Jaremy Douglas

4 years with a single problem.

Our setup is pretty similiar to the pics above.
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www.NEWReptiles.com

what was the single problem