Kelly, Very nice response!

Zach,
I agree with Kelly!

My thoughts on the cause of this problem are moisture, temperature, air circulation, moisture, oxygen and maybe moisture.
My thoughts are the eggs sweat and need to loose moisture toward the end of incubation. The development causes an increase in heat in the final stages and if they are kept at too high of a humidity and temperature in a small controlled environment the eggs can't loose the necessary moisture / heat causing death.
Could be 1000 different things but that is my thought!

I try to you use larger incubators and egg containers, have very good air circulation and watch my temps and humidity. I have hatched several drier area species like anthills, spotteds, childreni, blackheads and womas with pretty good results over the years. I feed my reptiles rodents!

Derek, I feel the type of diet may play a small role in the blackheaded python life cycle but I feel it is more on the amount of food compared to what type of food.

masticophisman,
Your God doesn't and to my knowledge has never kept anthills! He does have some young spotteds now though! LOL

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