Thanks Chelsea! I am happy to answer questions. I am a snake nerd!
She was bred to an albino green het granite. She is het albino and possible het green. If she proves het for green I will be an extremely happy man!
I take vermiculite and squeeze the water out of it until it makes a clump in my hand and spread it in the bottom of a 35 qt. tub. It's quite a trying process one handful at a time. The eggs are then placed in the vermiculite to about 1/3 of the way up the sides of the eggs. I was lucky enough to catch her laying the eggs which makes taking them much easier than if I had found her after they were laid. They are a little less protective while still in labor. I did mark the tops of the eggs as I was placing them into the container. If I had walked in after all of the eggs were laid, I'd have done my best to mark them before moving her off the eggs. Because I caught her early on, I wasn't too worried about the embryo having attached to one side of the egg or another. That being said, I did make sure that I maintained their original orientation anyway.
The incubator is a converted refrigerator. I have 2 square feet of flex-watt at the base. It is controlled with a Herpstat proportional thermostat. The temp inside the incubator is kept at 89 degrees fahrenheit. I check the eggs twice daily. Once in the morning and once at night. Each time, I remove the lid from the tub and check the temps inside the tub with an infrared thermometer just to make sure everything is spot on. I have a 6 qt. tub of water in the base of the incubator over the flex-watt to keep the humidity up. I have a 32 CFM computer fan mounted in the lid of the incubator near the front. This keeps the air circulating and prevents the moist air from condensing on the surfaces inside the incubator. I will replace the water as needed.
Feel free to ask anything else you like. I am a sucker for this crap. LOL
