vermiculite, perlite, and sphagnum moss. The coxi pics actually have perlite on the under side and moss on top. I'm changing some of my incubation strategies this year due to the excessive humidity last year, being in MD, and having to dry out an incubation box. So I'm using a combination to give me more control. If it gets a bit dry I spray around the edges since the moss drys out more quickly.

For all of my asian rats I've used moss from the beginning. To be honest, I couldn't give you a reason why as maybe it was fear since they are commonly known as fincky so I was treating the eggs that way...who knows (some type of backward logic).

I've had excellent success w/ coxi and decent w/ mandarins this way. So far all of my "good" eggs still look good--however it isn't July or August yet so the humidity is to come.

I'm just testing things out to give me more control in case I'd ever have to dry out the chamber (which I never thought I'd have to do but I did last year).

hoped that helped
mgl

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