
hi my name is steve i have been breading corn snake for about 4 years i have 4 snake ,but only breed two sid and gerlddean,
but i have never tryed tow hatch the egg my self i have allways taken them to the petshop and they would hatch them for me, but they away take half of the babys for doing this so this year i am going to try to hatch the eggs my self.
i have been reading some of the post on this forum and going to try this out
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A simple styrofoam box with a heat pad placed on the side with a thermostat to keep the temps around 80 in the
egg box will do.
Rats are not particular as far as eggs as long as the temps don't get too high.
Incubating them at room temp works too.
I use perlite as a substrate for my eggs as it's very hard to drown your eggs in them unlike vermiculite.
If you get perlite too wet, it simply drains thru to the very bottom of the container,
providing humidity but not holding water up against the eggs.
Vermiculite holds water and will cling to the eggs smothering them if you don't get the water/vermiculite ratio right.
I use rubbermaid containers with 2 or 3 small holes in the edge for some air exchange.
I bury the eggs almost all the way in the perlite and cover the exposed tops lightly with damp moss
or a sheet of newspaper to keep any condensation from dripping on the eggs.
Had a 100% hatch rate last year with 7 clutches.
If you keep the temps in the egg container around 78-80 you should have a hatch in around 64 days.
Too high a temp will kill them for certain. Low temps will just take longer. |
but i have poly incubator.
i have try it once this year but it not work ,but by reading this post i know what was wrong i had the humidity to low and the eggs dried out i had it @ 80-85 and i see now it should be 90-95
i am lucky that my snakes have layed some new eggs to day second this year and that a first for me wooooooowhooooo.so i going to try it again.
i will keep post and let you guys know how it goes.
