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I'm breeding a snow to a albino and my school for fun...but over this long weekend the female layed and I had no idea she was even pregnent. We set them up on moised dirt and tomorrow i'm gonna bring the hovebater and set them up in it. I havn't breed corns in a long while and was needing to know if perlite would be fine and wut tempurature to have at 85-90???

Thanks to all help
Jake at SpaidsReptiles
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Perlite is very commonly used, as is vermiculite. Eggs can be hatched on a variety of substrates, including moist paper towels and no substrate at all, suspended above water on a mesh tray. The moral of the story is don't get hung up on incubation substrate.

If using an incubator, eggs should be kept in the low 80s. Higher temperatures can cause death and deformities. If incubation in the takes place 80s and a spike in temperature occurs (heat wave), you could get deformed babies (usually this is expressed with kinked spines). Many of the cheaper incubators do not have a cooling mechanism.

Depending on where you live and your house temperature, you may be better off just setting the eggs up on a shelf and letting them incubate at room temperature.

Tim

Third Eye

ok thanks abunch i have them set up now on perlite. and they are about 80 right now so hopfully i can bring them back should i throw out the slug? at least i think it's a slug it's all yellow and stuff. i'll keep u guys posted on them it was snow to albino that we got from another student so we are hoping the albino is het. but she probly isn't.

Thanks Again,
Jake Spaids Reptiles
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http://www2.naples.k12.ny.us/naples2/HS/teacherpages/hendricksonhp/studentfolder/jacob-spaid/webpage.html
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