One of my girl ball python OV today. I calculated the time and find she will lay eggs during the time when I need to go out of town and no one can help to move the eggs into the incubator(my friends nearby are afraid of ball pythons). This means for about 3 weeks she will need to lay eggs and incubate the eggs by herself.
I need to get some directions on how to set up a lay box for this girl. Please help.
I have bought some moss and I need some recommendations on the box ( which container can be easily fixed to lay box)and also some detailed experience please.
Thank you all for the help!
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A dark plastic container big enough for two of her. Cut a hole slightly larger than she needs. Slightly damp substrate @ 1"-1.5" deep. Place it where the temperature is a couple degrees less than ideal. That way she can have some control over conditions. And the eggs shouldn’t cook. Move her water a little closer to the heat which will give a slight rise in humidity.
Three weeks is a long time, how are you going to assure that her water doesn’t all evaporate? Do you have someone that can check on her water?
It’s possible to set up a reservoir to keep it topped up but this can get sketchy quickly if she knocks it over. Perhaps a poultry style chick waterer(?) Make sure she can’t crawl into it.