![]() ![]() It is difficult to give a number for humidity (I am very unscientific here - I have a sophisticated measuring tool called my finger with a scale of "too dry" to "too wet" with "that feels about right" in the middle! It's worked for some 60 years so I find it adequate! In terms of numbers I would say that you would want an absolute minimum of 70% and a maximum of 90%. This is, of course, a very long-winded way of saying "Yes"! I have a sneaking suspicion that using compost reduces the reliance on heat from the sun so much of that fluctuation would disappear with grass snakes in which case a more steady temperature within, but towards the top end of that range would be about right. Alternatively, probably cheaper and safer, try soil heating cable - waterproof and again gentle heat.įor most temperate reptiles incubation temperatures between 23 and 28 (generally fluctuating in that range) are about right. "sculpted" egg chamber in it), was taken out and kept in a warm room for filming.Īm sure that you could persuade a grass snake to lay where you wantedīy using one of the better waterproof heat mats within your compost heapīut it must not get wet (as against slightly damp). ![]() (generally eggs sweating) were observed, the egg container (which had a The wild were actually filmed here - once the first signs of hatching And it can beįilmed - some years back, film of sand lizards hatching apparently in These the eggs are placed in a suitable medium in tubs. Heaps! Other breeders use purpose built cupboards otherwise similar orĮven the old favourite - the bottom of the airing cupboard! In any of Year) to hundreds (in a good year!) of lizards and terrapins and on aĬouple of occasions, grass snake eggs rescued from destroyed compost This regularly hatches out dozens (in a bad What it's worth, I incubate in an old refrigerator with all theĬhilling mechanism removed and a tubular heater thermostaticallyĬontrolled and fan assisted. While this would still need the humidity checking it woudl be considerably easier to sort out something for a web-cam. Sphagnum moss as a fairly natural medium. Remove the eggs, and place them in an incubator using (pre-warmed) Inclined, whether using this or a home made incubator, to physically Know some who have tried them and thrown them away). I know of no reptile breeder who uses them (although I do Theįoam at the bottom needs to be kept moist so eggs are constantlyĭisturbed. One occasion shorted out (spectacularly!!) and so on and so forth. Have become dessicated, temperature regulation appalling, on at least ![]() I don't know about this particular one but most othersĮnd up being thrown away in disgust after they have cooked eggs, eggs but, as a general rule, alleged reptile incubatorsĪre total c**p. I am not sure about how one would manage to get ![]()
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