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I had my first clutch yesterday, and I was wondering. I have always seen people with eggs sitting on top of the perlite/vermiculite mixture. I am using 100% perlite. Should I bury the eggs about 50%, or just sit them on top of the perlite? I currently have them buried 50%, should I change that?

Jason

Either way will work as long as they can not roll around. I use straight perlite last year, worked great but i did not bury them.
Good luck and congrats on the eggs.

>>I had my first clutch yesterday, and I was wondering. I have always seen people with eggs sitting on top of the perlite/vermiculite mixture. I am using 100% perlite. Should I bury the eggs about 50%, or just sit them on top of the perlite? I currently have them buried 50%, should I change that?
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>>Jason
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Thomas Jones
aligatorhunter@cox.net

I guess I will keep them buried, and see how it goes.

Thanks for the congrats.

Jason

among other reasons....
1) you can't monitor eggs you can't see,
2) risk of drowning or over-hydrating eggs
good luck and have fun...

Scott J. Michaels DVM
Serpent City

You say to leave them, which is 50% buried, but then you say that I can't monitor eggs I can't see. Shoud I uncover them and just set them on the surface of the perlite, or leave them 50% buried?

If you are using just Perilite, I see no reason to cover the eggs. Just use them as a medium to keep them off the water when using the no substrate method. If you want a substrate, use Perilite mixed with Vermiculite.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles