After last years attempt was unsuccessful and ended up in full term ebrionic death. Time to start over and get better results. Big Mama laid 36 eggs this morning. She didnt mess around this year. I started putting nesting material in her enclosure just a few weeks ago. She soaked for the past 3 days in the water and decided they were read.
Here is her nest last week.
about 14 bags of mulch and moss
Added a few more bags of mulch a couple of days ago. Look at her staring at it. "oh that's good stuff". Minutes after adding it she goes and adds it to her gargantuan pile.
Others are still being uploaded.
Fingers crossed this years method of incubation will work better.
Here is this years plan. For anyone that doesn't deal with manouria eggs. Let me fill you in. Their is this little tiny teeny wheeny gnats or flies that show up around just before the time the little guys are suppose to hatch. Well they are killers. They drill through the eggs and lay maggots that eat the babies. So I am eliminating substrate in one incubator, I used egg cartons for both sets of eggs. Leaving vermiculite in the bottom of each egg, and nothing in the other. 18 eggs per incubator same temps. Humidity around 70-90%. Hope it works.
Here is her nest last week.
about 14 bags of mulch and moss
Added a few more bags of mulch a couple of days ago. Look at her staring at it. "oh that's good stuff". Minutes after adding it she goes and adds it to her gargantuan pile.
Others are still being uploaded.
Fingers crossed this years method of incubation will work better.
Here is this years plan. For anyone that doesn't deal with manouria eggs. Let me fill you in. Their is this little tiny teeny wheeny gnats or flies that show up around just before the time the little guys are suppose to hatch. Well they are killers. They drill through the eggs and lay maggots that eat the babies. So I am eliminating substrate in one incubator, I used egg cartons for both sets of eggs. Leaving vermiculite in the bottom of each egg, and nothing in the other. 18 eggs per incubator same temps. Humidity around 70-90%. Hope it works.
