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I used to post on this forum alot as gopherlover. It's probably been a good year since my last post but I've moved up in the world of pits a bit.

Anyways here's the beef. I rescued an injured gravid sd gophersnake about 3 weeks ago. She had two massive open fleshed areas without any skin or scales. Basically undamaged but exposed muscle. Well I came back from one of my vacations and she had layed her eggs in a bed of peet-moss that I had prepared before I left. She's doing fine and the eggs look nice (all seven of them). I have no idea how to incubate. They've been in the cage with her gaurding them for about 3 days at the temprature of 76 degrees constant.

I need to know what further steps should be taken. Any info on this would be of major help.

As for the wounds on her, I've been treating them with neosporen to fight infection and to ease the healing process but I haven't hit her with that these past few days since she goes to rip my hand off everytime it enters the cage.

you can do this with peat moss, sphagnum moss, vermiculite, perlite, etc.
choose a container big enough to hold eggs and some substrate in which you will incubate the eggs, any rubbermaid "throw away" will work. make several (3-4) pinholes in the top abouy the size of a period mark. take as much peat as will fit in the container, soak it well in water. once well soaked, squeeze it out very well. line the bottom of the container with peat, then place the eggs in there without turning the eggs from the position they are in. pack the peat moss around the eggs (cozy but not too tight) to fill the container. put the lid on and place the eggs in an area that will remain around 75-80 degrees.
maybe once every 10-14 days pop the lid for a brief moment to help with air exchange, otherwise leave it on tight. i haven't bred gophers myself, i would imagine anywhere between 55-70 days????
good luck.
daveb

I am wondering if she is warm enough to heal? Any ideas/suggestions. I have used Neosporin or tripple antibiotic on my tegu without any problems.

Mike B