first timer

[cheeseball705]

ok so i pretty sure my female has eggs and is gonna lay soon. i just put a laying box in for her tonight. i was wondering if she does lay eggs in there before i get an incubator ( i am short on cash and want to be certain before i get one) if the eggs would stay in the laying chamber for few days if it possible to still hatch them. i have peatmoss in it for now, next time i can get to petco i plan to get eco earth. any help? thanks

 

[CoolGecko]

I wouldnt keep them in there. I dont think they will last long. I dont have the cash eather i made one. I spend 15 dollors and works great so far.. The best time to get the eggs is 24-48 hrs. But im not really sure.

 

[GeckoMandi]

I would try and get incubator, and if you are not certain she is gravid search the forum and you will find great belly pics of eggs in the belly.

 

[ama1997]

My first year breeding ball pythons I didnt think I was getting any eggs. I did i didnt have my incubator set up yet. I made one out of a 10 gal fish tank heres the link http://members.aol.com/TheWyvernsLair/incubator.html it worked good for me for the ball python eggs and those have to be close to 100% humidity. was cheap i had the tank already. Only thing i had to buy was the underwater heater. Now i use one of these http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/incubator.shtml made out of an old fridge. Im not breeding balls this year so i put a few gecko eggs in there. I got the fridge for free. I did have to buy the heat tape and i bought a helix to run it. With the ball python eggs i havent lost one yet using the fridge. One more thing the site with the fridge incubator he says he uses a cheap thermostat i would go with the helix or other brand of the same type not some cheap thing.