I was going into research about lucky bamboo after one of my stalks turned yellow. It said planting bamboo in soil is better than in water and rocks. Would vermiculite work just as good as soil, because all of our soils have fertilizer in that may be too strong for the plant.
Did you make sure the vermiculite was moist ? that could be the problem and make sure to do LOTS of studding before breeding your Snakes again Good Luck!!!
Tyler B is misguided. Eggs collapsing would not propose that they are infertile. in the event that they are infertile, they are going to turn moldy. Collapsing suited together as they are placed into the incubator means the humidity is in simple terms too low. I shop my eggs in airtight boxes with vermiculite or perlite. The eggs do no longer % plenty air. I open the boxes as rapidly as each and every week to enable clean air in and to income on the eggs. This keeps the humidity at a hundred%, this is what you pick. A field without lid makes it difficult to maintain the humidity intense. Get your eggs in a small, airtight field ASAP so which you do no longer lose them. additionally, confirm they stay suited section up. Mark the tops with a pencil.
I use perlite instead of vermiculite because it's a lot easier to keep from smothering eggs in too much moisture. Perlite doesn't hold moisture next to it unlike vermiculite. If you put too much water in vermiculite it will cling to the eggs and smother them. Perlite with too much water will just let the water go to the bottom of the tub and not do that. Make sure your temperatures aren't too high. High is worse than low. I generally incubate in my snake eggs in my reptile room at room temperature. During the usual times that I incubate, my room stays around 80 at night and no more than 84 during the day. I've also used a styrofoam box with a UTH to keep the temps at 80. I prefer to keep them at around that temperature. You don't say what happens to the eggs when they die. Do they mold, shrivel or what? Depending upon what went wrong, determines the correction
Make sure bedding is moist for corn snake ggs good luck :/
When breeding cornsnakes, you can use vermiculite or spagnum moss, I have used both with a 100% success rate. First lets talk about the snakes egg. The egg the snake lives in breathes. and it also provides warmth and regulates temperatures on its own. The vermiculite needs to be moist, but not to moist, you want it when you pick up the vermiculite, and squeeze it, when you open your hand the vermiculite has taken the shape of you palm with no dripping of water. If it is to wet you can drown the snake. If it is to dry it can dry out the egg and also kill the babies. You need to whatch the condensation as well, that can make it to humind and also effect the babies. Consistency in temperature is also an asset. If it drops or raises to fast it can cause the snake shock and kill it as well. The snake eggs will also tell you what is wrong with them. If the eggs start to dimple in, its because it is too dry, if they start to sweat it is to wet in the incubator. You want to keep the temperature in between 82 and 86 degrees Farenhiet. If you see mold or any of the eggs going bad, dont worry about trying to separate them from the rest. Also dont turn the eggs after they have been sitting for 12 hours or you could drown the snake as well. Everything else is up to nature. I hope this helps you and I give you the best of luck on hatching out another clutch. this is the method I use and it has never failed me once.
