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Cobra (werner)

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Werner

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Hi, I am new to this forum. I just have a question regarding breeding corn snakes. I have my first clutch off eggs in my incubator, everything looks like it doing fine, just want to make sure if its save to use a incubator that makes the heat with a light bulp.? Some poeple say its not save to have light in the incubator... thx
 
If you have something covering the eggs, like moss or even a damp parer towel, I don't think the light would be much of a concern. I don't even use an incubator so you'll have to take my advice with a grain of salt. I incubate in a warm room and use damp sphagnum moss as the only incubation medium, covering the eggs completely.
 
Not too damp! Wet eggs never hatch. I keep everything drier each year I do this.
 
I would be a little worried about any ~unregulated~ heat source; do you have something that will turn the light bulb off if temps get too high?
Personally I use a fish tank with submersible heater; the heater's not very expensive and will turn itself on/off as needed. The water helps keep humidity up.
The tank has a 3-4 inch layer of water and the heater; on a platform I keep the eggs in some moss. However, I've also had eggs hatch fine just sitting in some moss on a shelf at room temps.
Anyway, a lightbulb isn't inherently bad, just make sure things don't get too hot!
 
Susan said:
If you have something covering the eggs, like moss or even a damp parer towel, I don't think the light would be much of a concern. I don't even use an incubator so you'll have to take my advice with a grain of salt. I incubate in a warm room and use damp sphagnum moss as the only incubation medium, covering the eggs completely.
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I did pretty much the same thing, only I had them all half covered. Almost every day I checked on them and moistened their moss. It never dried out, but I never let it get soggy either. There were two in the bottom that were covered by a clump of eggs and I didn't know about so maybe they got too wet 'cause being covered?? Either way, they didn't make it...

I would monitor the temps VERY closely if you have a lightbulb. What kind of incubator is it? If it's a poultry incubator is the rotation function disabled? What wattage is the lightbulb?
 
Hi, i got a poultry incubator the light bulp is controled with an Electronic thermostat. So my temperature is steady around 28'C? thx for all the info.
 
Hello Werner

I am in KZN and this is my seventh year of breeding corns.
I place the eggs in a 5lt. icecream container with about 6cm of vermiculite on the bottom and a few small air holes in the lid.
I place the eggs on top of the vermiculite and moisten it about every ten days.
The container is on the top shelf of my wardrobe, no other means of heating.

I have about a 96% average hatch rate over the past six seasons.

Ciao
 
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