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Ok a friend of mine came home to python eggs so we hooked up a home made incubator and am going to try and get some babies- ought to be interesting.

We have 4 eggs in a small shoe-box size plastic tote. We have the temperature perfect and maintaining well at 88.5-89 degrees. We used pearlite in the bottom of the tub- with the egg crate plastic stuff (for florecent lights) on top the pearlite-- and the eggs on top the egg crate- they are not touching the pearlite.

Our problem:
We can't get the humidity to get above about 50 %. No condensation on the tub sides. The pearlite is wet- the eggs are dry.

How do we raise the tub humidity?!

Thanks

~Clueless Beth

Edited on July 21, 2009 at 09:01:50 by PHGinger.

Put Press N Seal under lid -- NO HOLES in container. Make sure your perlite is REALLY WET!!!! Good luck!!!
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Bill Buchman

Yup, make sure its air tight or at least very close to it. Even with a couple holes though it should be more than 50%....I'd question how good your humidity gauge is.

~Jason

I know it's probably a dumb question, but did you make sure you really soaked down the perlite? You don't have to follow any rules for mixing medium when the eggs aren't touching it. And, cut a piece of plastic to fit between the box and the lid, or you can use press and seal like someone else mentioned.