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I know it isn't quite that time of the year yet but I was wondering. How hard is it actually to incubate a clutch of eggs? I plan on getting a hovabator for it but I have this awfull feeling that after I breed I will kill all the eggs. Can a hovabator hold 2 clutches of eggs?
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>I know it isn't quite that time of the year yet but I was wondering. How hard is it actually to incubate a clutch of eggs?

Slightly more difficult than falling off a log. With the number of files on incubation techniques floating around the net, it should be fairly easy, just a matter of following directions. Snake eggs are fairly forgiving; if they weren't, they wouldn't hatch in the wild.

There was a recent thread in the kingsnake forum about sharing incubation techniques. You might want to check it out if you haven't already.

>I plan on getting a hovabator for it but I have this awfull feeling that after I breed I will kill all the eggs.

I felt much the same with my first clutch of eggs. Though they were totally unexpected so I didn't have time to stew over possibilities beforehand. It's a common feeling that often continues right up to the day that the eggs hatch.

The most effective ways that I know of to kill eggs are to drop them at least three feet to a concrete floor and to place them in boiling water for at least 10 minutes. If you can avoid doing either, the eggs have a fighting chance.

>Can a hovabator hold 2 clutches of eggs?

That depends on the number of eggs, the size of the eggs, and the size of the containers that hold the eggs inside the Hovabator. I like a roomy container that is too big to fit inside a Hovabator. YMMV. You might also look into the styrofoam rings that nearly double the Hovabator's height.

Remember the motto on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Don't Panic.

Paul Hollander