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well was wondering if all of you could help me out. my female (which i have had since birth 9 years) laid eggs today and i have a ton of questions but first how do these eggs look? more ? will follow later

thanks Cam

They look good. Nice big clutch congrats

But do you have an incubator up and running? Keep us updated.

ok another ? for all, she laid her eggs over her undertank heater is this a bad thing? it seems to be at 91 degrees thanks

I am not an expert, but I would say you might need to move them as the ideal temp is around 89 and the last thing you want to do is cook them. Do you have a thermostat or a back-up plan(incubator) to take care of the eggs?
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Misty Sprouse Ball Pythons

rheostat, would that work to keep the temp of the undertank heater at a good leval?

>>rheostat, would that work to keep the temp of the undertank heater at a good leval?

With an undertank heater and rheostat or thermostat, you can easily lower the temperature to 89F. If you don't plan on getting an incubator and want to try maternal incubation, that's what I would personally do. I would get a Helix Thermostat DBS-100 just b/c they're very reliable.
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Jeff H.
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thanks for the info i will give it a shot
it may be to late to set up for this round of eggs but i am in the process of getting all the info on good incubaters and better controls to regulate the heat in the tanks as i plan on breeding 3 females next year
didnt expect this as i had not tryed to cool them done or any thing to put them in breeding mode
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1.3 Ball Pythons with more in the oven