return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
 
Click here for LLL Reptile & Supply
This Space Available
3 months for $50.00
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: False Coral Snake . . . . . . . . . .  Herp Photo of the Day: Bearded Dragon . . . . . . . . . .  Greater Cincinnati Herp Society Meeting - Apr 02, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Calusa Herp Society Meeting - Apr 04, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Apr 06, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Hamburg Reptile Show - Apr. 13, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  St. Louis Herpetological Society - Apr 14, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - Apr 16, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  DFW Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - Apr 21, 2024 . . . . . . . . . . 
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research
full banner - advertise here .50¢/1000 views
click here for Rodent Pro
pool banner - $50 year

RE: Egg care - help!

[ Login ] [ User Prefs ] [ Search Forums ] [ Back to Main Page ] [ Back to Lacertids ] [ Reply To This Message ]
[ Register to Post ]

Posted by: roger van couwen at Sat May 6 09:56:38 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by roger van couwen ]  
   

I hatched gopher snake eggs without prior experience, and nearly every egg hatched even though near the end, mold started growing on some of the eggs.

I would use vermiculite in the bottom of a five gallon bucket, with the eggs half-buried. Keep the humidity at least 85% by using a watertight see-through lid. We used a light bulb of a wattage to keep the air in the bucket at 85 degrees. I don't remember the wattage, we experimated. I kept my eggs at 85 F for about 9 weeks, and it worked. All I can do is tell you what worked for me.

If the dirt you mention is the consistency of potting soil, and the eggs are only half submerged, and you can closely keep the temperature and humidity on target, then IMO you have a good system. As time goes by the wait gets unnerving.

Roger


   

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Show Entire Thread ]


<< Previous Message:  Egg care - help! - koashmar, Sat Apr 8 20:31:42 2006