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Is this possible indoors or is the temperature too hard to keep right? If so what are the benifits and drawbacks? Thanks

I did and quite frankly found it to be a piece of cake. I set her tub on it's own thermostat (89*), made sure the humidity was kept high and that was all - all eight eggs hatched without a hitch - mom went back to pounding rats (if I remember correctly) the day after I pulled the last hatchling. Haven't tried using the incubator yet so can't tell you how it compares.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

Have a look:
Maternal vs. Artificial Incubation

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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

Thanks for the link. I'm still not sure what I will do but I still have some time to think about it

I tried it once, and the eggs dented after about 5 days, so I chickened out and put them in an incubator. All of them hatched. I supose if I had the humidity higher...

Ben

Thats so funny - a lot of people told me they wre to chicken to try maternal incubation - for me it was the other way around - I had more faith in the mom than me and an incubator. Seriously thinking I'll do it again with all my clutches this year! We'll see

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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer