incubating questions

[snake_boy]

Ok so i have been told,
put a ice-cream container in the enclosure with wet newspaper for the snake to lay on,
then take the eggs and place in a click clack with 1:1 vermiculite and water
Question one: is the 1:1 weight or amount. e.g. 1 cup water 1 cup vermiculite etc??

ok once that is done, but box with vermiculite and eggs into incubator.
Should the box have any ventilation or is fanning the eggs once a day enough?

and from there pretty much keep the incubator at the rite temp and humidity
Also how do i control humidity?

Cheers
Cal

 

[snake_boy]

bump

 

[snake_boy]

anyone

 

[antaresia_boy]

1:1 by weight, only change air weekly at the most, but have a few ventilation holes (correct me if i'm wrong, this is only what i've read over the last few months.)

 

[wranga]

mix vermiculite/water by weight. 100grm of vermiculite to 100grm of water. container can be sealed with no holes. having no holes and the right vermiculite mix will give a high humidity. open the container and fan the eggs once a week

 

[snake_boy]

ok cool. is everything else i have right?

 

[wranga]

ok cool. is everything else i have right?

i use spag moss not wet newspaper. id be worried about the ink on the newspaper somehow damaging the eggs

 

[snake_boy]

i use spag moss not wet newspaper. id be worried about the ink on the newspaper somehow damaging the eggs

oh ok, how much water to spag moss would you use?

 

[wranga]

oh ok, how much water to spag moss would you use?

spag moss comes out of the bag damp/wet. you can buy it from bunnings