Incubation Question!

Snakefood · 06-30-12, 09:03 PM

I have never bred kings but do breed corns. I incubate at temps between 82-84. I cover the eggs completely in damp moss and mist daily. those that dimple usually plump up in 24-48 hrs. corn hatchlings usually incubate for 50-70 days.

Like I said this is for corns and I don't know if Kings are different

Gregg M · 07-01-12, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Snakefood

I have never bred kings but do breed corns. I incubate at temps between 82-84. I cover the eggs completely in damp moss and mist daily. those that dimple usually plump up in 24-48 hrs. corn hatchlings usually incubate for 50-70 days.

Like I said this is for corns and I don't know if Kings are different

This is not a very good way to incubate reptile eggs. It is never a good idea to mist eggs. Reptile eggs do not do well in wet conditions.

To the OP,
When you set up your eggs using the burried or half burried method, the eggs should be put into perlite with a 1 to .8 in a container with an air tight lid. Add 2 to 4 small holes in the lid to keep the pressure the same between the incubation container and outside environment. With kings and corns, I do not even bother putting them in the incubator. The snake room is between 79 and 82 degrees and I use my SIM containers and all eggs that are fertile hatch out. The eggs should not be denting at all during incubation until they are about to hatch. There should never be a need to mist or add water at any point during incubation. If you need to, your set up is very wrong and your eggs will more than likely die during incubation.

marvelfreak · 07-01-12, 10:35 AM

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Teal · 07-01-12, 03:43 PM

I always type in bold on forums. Old habit!

Thank you for the welcome, marvelfreak

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Originally Posted by Gregg M

This is not a very good way to incubate reptile eggs. It is never a good idea to mist eggs. Reptile eggs do not do well in wet conditions.

To the OP,
When you set up your eggs using the burried or half burried method, the eggs should be put into perlite with a 1 to .8 in a container with an air tight lid. Add 2 to 4 small holes in the lid to keep the pressure the same between the incubation container and outside environment. With kings and corns, I do not even bother putting them in the incubator. The snake room is between 79 and 82 degrees and I use my SIM containers and all eggs that are fertile hatch out. The eggs should not be denting at all during incubation until they are about to hatch. There should never be a need to mist or add water at any point during incubation. If you need to, your set up is very wrong and your eggs will more than likely die during incubation.

I don't have access to perlite or vermeculite (sp?). I don't know what "SIM containers" are. I don't have a snake room - I simply have MY room, and the temperature fluxes quite a lot from low seventies to low eighties depending on what part of the day I wake up in and then get the air cooler on.

So, thank you for telling me that my set up is "very wrong" - I watched a lot of YouTube videos and everyone does their set ups just a little bit differently. So, if you have any advice on how to improve mine to give my eggs the best chance, working with the materials I have... THAT would be nice.

Gregg M · 07-01-12, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Teal

I don't have access to perlite or vermeculite (sp?). I don't know what "SIM containers" are. I don't have a snake room - I simply have MY room, and the temperature fluxes quite a lot from low seventies to low eighties depending on what part of the day I wake up in and then get the air cooler on.

So, thank you for telling me that my set up is "very wrong" - I watched a lot of YouTube videos and everyone does their set ups just a little bit differently. So, if you have any advice on how to improve mine to give my eggs the best chance, working with the materials I have... THAT would be nice.

Well I did tell you what would give you the best chance of success with your eggs. I gave you a run down of the matrials you need. You can watch you tube until your eyes fall out of your head. That will not help you to incubated reptile eggs properly. You are getting advice first hand from me. A successful breeder who hatches a couple of hundred snakes and lizards a year.

You are working with a poor choice of materials. See how successful you are at fixing a car engine with a tree branch. Thats about the same odds you will have when incubating eggs on coco fiber. Anyone has access to perlite. You can get it at any garden center/home depot/lowes/k-mart/wal-mart. You should have atleast one of those no more than 15 miles away from your house.

My post was not ment to be NICE. My post was to tell you what you are doing wrong so you can fix it.
You dont like what I have to say, by all means, ignore what I am telling you and go watch more you tube vids while your snake eggs continue to cave in and collapse.

Teal · 07-01-12, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by snake man12

I lightly dampened kitchen towel over the eggs would work for some added humidity. Oh and I like bold

Thank you! I have dampened paper towels both over the moss, and over the lid of the container.. I'll try an actual towel to see if that helps! (and it's taking every bit of willpower I have to not put the html tags for bold at the start and end of my posts! lol)

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Originally Posted by Gregg M

Well I did tell you what would give you the best chance of success with your eggs. I gave you a run down of the matrials you need. You can watch you tube until your eyes fall out of your head. That will not help you to incubated reptile eggs properly. You are getting advice first hand from me. A successful breeder who hatches a couple of hundred snakes and lizards a year.

You are working with a poor choice of materials. See how successful you are at fixing a car engine with a tree branch. Thats about the same odds you will have when incubating eggs on coco fiber. Anyone has access to perlite. You can get it at any garden center/home depot/lowes/k-mart/wal-mart. You should have atleast one of those no more than 15 miles away from your house.

My post was not ment to be NICE. My post was to tell you what you are doing wrong so you can fix it.
You dont like what I have to say, by all means, ignore what I am telling you and go watch more you tube vids while your snake eggs continue to cave in and collapse.

I don't care if you're rude - I'm not here for niceness, I'm here to get advice on how to rear these snake eggs into hatching.

We don't even have a Home Depot or Lowe's in this COUNTY. I can get to a Wal Mart in about 45 minutes, though. I wasn't aware that it was a material available at Wal Mart until now.

Your 1 to .8 - That is perlite to water ratio, yes?