Nanci
Alien Lover
It's laying time!! I have new Squamata Concepts egg boxes, but I'm not risking a potential world's first by trying substrateless incubation for my first time. Going with my tried and true Hatchrite covered with orchid moss. I did melt a hole in the container so I could get a probe in there. It's way too tight to go under the lid like you can with lettuce boxes. The temps in the photos are low because I just put room temperature media in.
This is the Squamata Concepts egg box. It comes with a tray, with dividers, that you can put the eggs directly on.
I've never done substrateless incubation before, though, and I don't want to screw up this clutch.
This thermometer reads the room temp, the room humidity, and the temp of the probe inside the egg box.
Additionally, I have an old-school probed thermometer measuring the upper shelf of the incubator, and the lower shelf.
It keeps a high-low record, which is nice.
First time mommy snake with her clutch. She was laying when I left for work. I'm anxious to get home!
Even if I don't hit my 1:16 target, there will be some very nice by-products!
This is the data from the probe. I feel like I wouldn't mind going up one degree. I learned from Don Soderberg, when measuring incubation temps, the only thing that matters is the temp inside the egg container. It's very important to know what that is. This temp monitoring system, from Lacrosse, will send alerts in the form of texts or e-mails if the temps go outside the range or limit you set. I used these first on my racks, but last year, after hatching, I drilled through the wall of my incubator (killing one incubator) so I could get a probe inside for actual egg box remote monitoring. So this will be the first year I have that available to me. Reptile Basics recently started selling this system. (I bought mine directly from the manufacturer.)
This is the Squamata Concepts egg box. It comes with a tray, with dividers, that you can put the eggs directly on.
I've never done substrateless incubation before, though, and I don't want to screw up this clutch.
This thermometer reads the room temp, the room humidity, and the temp of the probe inside the egg box.
Additionally, I have an old-school probed thermometer measuring the upper shelf of the incubator, and the lower shelf.
It keeps a high-low record, which is nice.
First time mommy snake with her clutch. She was laying when I left for work. I'm anxious to get home!
Even if I don't hit my 1:16 target, there will be some very nice by-products!
This is the data from the probe. I feel like I wouldn't mind going up one degree. I learned from Don Soderberg, when measuring incubation temps, the only thing that matters is the temp inside the egg container. It's very important to know what that is. This temp monitoring system, from Lacrosse, will send alerts in the form of texts or e-mails if the temps go outside the range or limit you set. I used these first on my racks, but last year, after hatching, I drilled through the wall of my incubator (killing one incubator) so I could get a probe inside for actual egg box remote monitoring. So this will be the first year I have that available to me. Reptile Basics recently started selling this system. (I bought mine directly from the manufacturer.)
