Of course this can be done WAY BETTER, but its what I do as a minimum.

I use those plastic tubs, use a size for the type of snakes. You want a fairly large size. I do not put these nesting boxes in cages. I put the gravid female in these boxes to shed, then they will lay when ready. We often have the eggs deposited the day after shedding.

I use coco/sand mixture, but I have used many substrates successfully. I am not sure it matters if the rest is right.

Basically, these boxes are a snake cage with retes boards and a heat element if needed.

This pic shows the female has shed, then has gone down, notice the tight burrows. About 3 inches(aprox) down I bury a piece of glass or lexan. The females generally go under the glass and make a nesting chamber.



They then lay their eggs, sometimes I put two or three layers of glass depending on the species. Some species like to lay between two solid smooth surfaces.


You can brush the substrate aside and watch the progress without disturbing the female. You can also tell when she has left the eggs. hahahahahahahaha tricky huh?

Notice how clean and tight the eggs are placed and how smooth the nesting chamber is. Sir, this is what they do. They DO NOT JUST DROP EGGS WILLY NILLY. I hate to say this but when folks post pics of eggs scattered in a clear plastic box, it makes me sad for the snake.



I have three or four of these boxes and place females in them as needed. Whats funny is, if you have several females of the same species and place them all in the nesting box, they tend to nest together. Hmmmmmmmmm what do they know? cheers

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