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Well she finally laid the eggs! It was 26 days after her last shed. I found her like this first thing this morning. Now for the incubation issue. I've been told to get her off of them and incubate them artificially. My problem is when I tried to get her off, she constricted and actually wrinkled one of the eggs. The nest box she is in stays at a fairly consistant 88-91F.

Any got any ideas or tricks on getting her off the eggs?

to use the materal method with those little guys? I think it was a few weeks ago in a post below.

>>Well she finally laid the eggs! It was 26 days after her last shed. I found her like this first thing this morning. Now for the incubation issue. I've been told to get her off of them and incubate them artificially. My problem is when I tried to get her off, she constricted and actually wrinkled one of the eggs. The nest box she is in stays at a fairly consistant 88-91F.
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>>Any got any ideas or tricks on getting her off the eggs?
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link to thread

One person to place their hands over the animal to gently immobilize her, then carefully lift her away from the eggs while the second person collects them.
I know some breeders prefer maternal incubation, but personally I think it is better for the female and safer for the eggs to be removed. For example, she may become a reluctant feeder if she's brooding eggs. Good luck.
All the best,
Perry

For non-actively thermoregulating species, cage temps in the upper 80's are good. Humidity needs to be 80 to 90%. It is typical for maternally incubating females to not feed, and it would be unusal if they did. But nothing feeds better than a brooding female shortly after the hatching of her clutch.

Kelly