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I read Daveb's advice to Tokaysarenice, and it got me thinking. I was wondering if anyone who's bred Gophers could chime in as to what the temp range for successfully incubating Gopher eggs would be?

reako45

I keep my Gophers eggs at 81F - 83F. (65-70 days)

Gai
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1.3 Northern pine
1.1 N.J White pine
2.5 Black pine
1.2 Louisiana Pine
1.0 snow Southern Pine
1.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher
2.1 W.C. Sonoran Gopher
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1.1 San Diego Gophers Stripe (het Albino)
0.1 Pacific Gopher Albino Stripe
1.1 Red Bull Snake
0.2 kankakee Bull Snake
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4 Tanks full with African Cichlids.
Many Mice, Rats and feeder Roaches

Thank you for the info. I'm trying to gather as much of people's "personal experience" info as I can before I attempt to breed my girls next year.

reako45

In the past with gophersnake eggs all I have done is set them in a clear plastic shoebox with an inch of new potting soil in it. Add just enough water to dampen the soil and then set the eggs in the soil. I then set the shoe box on the floor of a back bedroom. This room is not cooled or heated and never has gotten over 91 degrees even when summer temps have reached 110* outside. The eggs get indirect light from the window which i think prevents mold. I have successfully hatched Iguana eggs,Box turtle eggs,Water turtle eggs, and many snake species eggs. The floor temp is always several degrees cooler than the upper air in the room and I have never got a reading of over 86* at floor level which is a tile surface. So far this has worked for me if I had a really sensitive species like Eastern Indigo Eggs then I would have to keep the temps in the mid 70's to help prevent incubation problems. But that problem is several years away. Hope this helps, it just shows that reptile eggs for the most part are more resillent than most people give them credit. Jack