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How can I make an incubator for corn snake eggs?

My female corn snake just shed, so ill need it soon. and i dont want to pay $59.99 for an incubator

Answer:

Probably in an iron ore mine.
When your compass is in fact a piece of bread.
You don't need an incubator with cornsnake eggs. Simply put the eggs in a rubbermaid tub with moist perlite for them. Bury all but the very top (if in a clump, bury the clump if individual, bury all but the top). Make sure that the eggs are not touching the sides or bottom. Place 2-3 pinholes in the lid of the egg container and place the container in a foam icechest. If you've got someplace that stays around 80 degrees, you won't need anything else. If it gets consistantly cooler, place a heat mat on the inside side of the tub and hook up to a thermostat to keep it at 80. cornsnake eggs are not picky but too hot is worse than too cool. I'm disturbed that you've bred your female without being ready to do something with the eggs. What are you going to do with potentially 21-30 babies? Do you have the containers to house them separately? Will you have someplace to keep them so that they stay in the mid 80's after they hatch? Can you afford to feed them? What will you do to sell them? What happens if you can't sell them? What happens if your female egg binds and you need a veterinarian? If you're worried about $60 you're in trouble.

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