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Palidrafod

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So my couple has done it again. EVERY time my female lays eggs, they go to waste. Well today I got home from work and there was just ONE egg in there. I put it in abut a Qt sizt tupperware container with moist paper towels, then covered it with foil to keep humidity in. put some holes in it and put it under the area where my basking lamp is in the tank. This is the poor mans way of doing this. problems of my past experiances were always the bedding drying out, Ive tried moss and it just wouldnnt work.

Any SIMPLE info or help would be appreciated. a differant substrate perhaps thatll hold moisture? should i be ok turning the light off overnight? or keep it on throuth the night and just water daily? if she drops more eggs should i put them in with this?

her previous clutches were i think 9 and 10 eggs. always dried out though.
 
Use a tupperware container with a lid. I actually recycle chinese take out containers (the round plastic ones) for cornsnake clutches. I put 5 small holes in the lids of my containers, but it is not necessary for everyone. Depends on how you incubate and what your houses relative humidity is.

The basking lamp is probably also aiding in the drying out situation (if not killing the eggs from overheating). Overhead lamps suck (evaporate) moisture out of the air and substrate.

Depending upon the temperature of your house, some people incubate in the top shelf of a closet with success (can't get any cheaper then that).

I successfully use organic soil and orchid moss as an incubation substrate.
 
I live in northern WI, and mothernature cant make up her freakin mind on what to do. 70 one day, 30 the next.

Ill try the whole closet thing, its never TOO warm in here cept near my 52" tv.....should i still moisten the papertowels? or get some more moss?
 
So now she's laying like 2 eggs a day, not a solid count of clutch. well today she layed one while using a branch to force it out and it kinda lobbed down to the floor of the tank. Now its about 3/4 white like the rest, with the end yellowing and someone clear. Is this one shot and should just be pulled out?

I can grab pics if need be.
 
I also live in WI. I went to the hardware store and bought a chicken incubator. They are maybe $30? or less. You will also need a thermameter with a probe to measure the temps. You can get those at Walmart for about $10 or so. You Need to know the temps! The eggs need to not just be on moist substrate but also to be kept at about 78-82 degrees. I am useing a mix of peat moss, small amount of vermiculite, small amount of perilite and then topped with glass marbles. (I have the problem where it gets too moist at the end of incubation and the eggs drown) If you want to go as cheap as possible... use a gladware container with the LID :) That will help the humidity to stay inside the container. Get the probe. Then you can adjust it closer or farther away from the light as needed. Paper towels? might work, not sure :) but as long as they stay some what moist I dont see why not :) I incubate ALL eggs until I know for sure they are slugs or not.
 
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