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Arghh! Once again, I'm getting double-clutches out of my girls. As soon as I knew my girls were gravid, they were separated from their mate. All laid clutches, fed, and with no further contact with their respective mate, went ahead and gave another clutch. While most don't look good, a few do, and they're in the incubator.

Now, here's my problem: I will be moving in about a month, somewhere between 25 and 1,200 miles from where I am. HOW do I safely transport incubating eggs?

My guess is place them in a lot of sphagnum moss, keep 'em covered, and hope for the best. Any advice?

Thanks!

This process is actually very simple. I did it two years ago transporting at least 75 eggs at various stages of incubating from Florida to Virginia and hatched everyone of them.

I use spaghum moss as my incubation medium. Pack your egg boxes fully leaving only a small amount of room at the top of the box. Place all of your egg boxes in a larger container and use pieces of styrofoam to wedge in between the boxes to minimize shake/movement. I even went as far as using a temperature probe so I could monitor there temps along the way but I don't think this is necessary. I put everything in the back seat of my car (eggs and 40 breeder snakes) and off we went. I ran the AC and never left them in the car alone (meaning I ate drive thru the entire trip). 1200 miles is a long way so you'll definately take them in your hotel at night. Just put them in a closet so they don't get as much AC. I must clarify that these were all colubrid eggs...not pythons.

Eggs are actually quite tolerant of temp fluctuations and movement contrary to what some have said/posted. You'll see....it's easy.
Russ

Thanks!