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Im gana be a daddy!!

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dbinder1987

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Ok, well im somewhat new to owning corns, ive had my pair for maybee 2 months. They are housed together because the person that surendered them had housed them together for 4 years. I know why i shouldnt house them together, so please dont bash me. ive done a lot of research on the subject. well over the past 4 feeding my female wouldnt eat, i didnt know why, then she shed and i woke up this morning to see 12 beautiful eggs! Im going to petco to get some stuff to set up an incubator, but any help on this would be great! the one thing i am most worried about is temp, how can i get the temp of a tupperware incubator to be at around 80*? could i use a heat pad? i was watching a video on utube earlier about incubating leopard gecko eggs and they said something about filling a tank with sand, putting a heat pad on the bottom, then putting the spgnum moss filled tuperware on the sand to regulate heat, any other suggestions? or help? I know not to turn the eggs, and to keep them in the same position they are in the tank when i put them in the incubator. and to use spagnum moss thats moist but not soaking wet.

also, they eggs are all side by side, should i try to get them apart and seperate them in the tuperware, or should i just pick all the ones that are stuck together up at the same time and leav ethem stuck together?

Cant wait to hear back
-hopefully a dad soon! :)

Also, i know there is a chance that they arnt fertile, is there a way to check, kinda like chicken eggs when you shine a light through to tell?

Pictures to come!
 
A sphagnum moss and vermiculite mixture would be best. Actually, if they have something called "Hatch-Rite", that would be even better. You don't have to check the humidity like you do with vermiculite and sphagnum. Leave them clumped together, because by now, you'll have a greater chance of harming the eggs if you separate them, especially if this is your first time. Take some pictures of the eggs. If they're nice and white, they're most likely fertile. Small and yellow would be slugs (infertile eggs)

Now, I'm not bashing, but I'm making a recommendation. Separate them. If they're breeding (as is proven by the eggs), the male could over-breed the female, stress her out by trying to breed her, etc. The female might not recover if she's left in there with him. Like I said, not bashing, just making a recommendation.
 
ok, well right now i dont have the money to buy another large tank, but would she be ok if i put her in a 10 gallon till she regains her strength? also i will be moving dec 15, whats the best way to get the eggs there withouth them gettig jostled around? im only moving like 5 min up the road, but still, i want to make sure they are ok. should i have someone give me a ride to the new place and hold them in the car so bumps and stuff dont get to them?>
 
dbinder1987 said:
ok, well right now i dont have the money to buy another large tank, but would she be ok if i put her in a 10 gallon till she regains her strength? also i will be moving dec 15, whats the best way to get the eggs there withouth them gettig jostled around? im only moving like 5 min up the road, but still, i want to make sure they are ok. should i have someone give me a ride to the new place and hold them in the car so bumps and stuff dont get to them?>
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Go to WalMart, KMart, the Dollar Store, Big Lots, anywhere, pretty much, and get a tub. 32qt will be fine should you decide to separate them permanantly, and depending on where you go, you'll pay less for that than you would a 10g tank. As far as the moving, I'd probably have someone else drive so you can hold onto them and keep them steady.
 
how do you heat those tubs though? id be afraid to put a heat pad on the bottom that it would melt right through it. and whats the best way to heat the incubator?
 
How odd that she should throw a clutch in December. If thats the case, then your male is in fact nailing her at every possible opportunity. If you have the 10 gallon now, then that will be fine for a little while. Post egg lay, most females are incredibly lazy as they try to conserve energy. A 10 gallon will be fine for a little while until you get something larger. She'll go into shed in about a week or so. After she sheds, offer her a smaller than normal meal. If she reacts to that just fine, then you can resume a normal feeding schedule. Just give her some TLC and she should bounce back just fine.

I've never heard of the incubation method you described, but if it works well for Leos than it'll do for your eggs. I breed both, and the eggs are incubated side by side at the same temps. I would use a human heating pad though instead of a reptile heating pad. The temps don't get as high. Considering that you are in NH, I would expect that your humidity levels are pretty easy to maintain (vs living in the desert like me... no one has the humidity issues like I do!). I personally use sphagnum moss. I've used perlite and vermiculite, and have had the best success with moss. One thing that I've learned is that if it designed for reptiles, the price inflation is ridiculous, so if you are on a budget, then any of the above should work just fine.

Usually, infertile eggs don't clump together with the rest easily. There is a good chance that if they are stuck together, they are fertile.

Good luck! Let us know if you have any questions!
 
dbinder1987 said:
how do you heat those tubs though? id be afraid to put a heat pad on the bottom that it would melt right through it. and whats the best way to heat the incubator?
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Put a piece of wood, or a book between the heat pad and the bottom of the tub (That's the method I've heard of).
 
pictures!!!!!!

The eggs in my homeade incubator
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Mama with her eggs when i found her. one of the eggs was actually under the water dish, but luckily she was under it holding it up so it didnt crush the egg.
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The rest of the eggs, except the one under the water dish
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Any idea what these may look like? i dont know any of the genetics of my adults, but there both creamsicle corns.
 
I thought they sometimes have hidden, hets i think there called, for other color variations. but creamsicles would be awsome!!
 
well i have since moved the female out of the males tank, she is now in a temporary 10 gallon enclosure. I had the egg box in the ten gallon with a heat pad. i put a stack of papers on the heat pad, and the box on that, so there not in the same cage now.
 
Ooo! I can't wait to see more pictures!! That is so exciting! Hopefully all goes well! :D
More pictures please! :D
How do you put something between the heat pad and the tank? Can you not just put the heat pad right under the tank and have a thermostat?
 
well i dont have them in a tank right now. there in a tupperware container with moist peat moss in the bottom. i just put a heat pad on a shelf, and put about half a stack of printer paper on top of that, then put the container on that, just to regulate temps, and make sure the container dosnt melt.
 
So the female is in her own tank now, i should try to get her to eat tomorow right? should i try the f/t mice that i usually feed them? or should i get like hoppers or something a little smaller?
 
dbinder1987 said:
So the female is in her own tank now, i should try to get her to eat tomorow right? should i try the f/t mice that i usually feed them? or should i get like hoppers or something a little smaller?
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Try something a bit smaller. She's not going to have a lot of extra energy to digest her normal sized prey item.
 
iv just read through this thread and although it was un-intended, youv ended up wiv some nice looking eggs!! and it seems like you have reacted in a very responsible way taking all the right precautions to get your female back to good health and put the eggs in the right environment! so well done! and congratluations!
have you thought about what your going to do with the babies? are you going to keep them all? and feed them? and house them? or are you going to sell them and do you have people lined up to sell them to? (just something to be thinking about!)
good luck! il be in your boat soon il be breeding my snakes pretty soon, only a couple of weeks of brumation left for my two!
 
brtrude said:
iv just read through this thread and although it was un-intended, youv ended up wiv some nice looking eggs!! and it seems like you have reacted in a very responsible way taking all the right precautions to get your female back to good health and put the eggs in the right environment! so well done! and congratluations!
have you thought about what your going to do with the babies? are you going to keep them all? and feed them? and house them? or are you going to sell them and do you have people lined up to sell them to? (just something to be thinking about!)
good luck! il be in your boat soon il be breeding my snakes pretty soon, only a couple of weeks of brumation left for my two!
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Those thoughts were going through my head also.. the time and energy that is going to be required if they wend up with a clutch of non-feeders. That's a lot of mouths to feed...
 
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