One of my females(the only one I've managed to get fertile eggs from) has just laid a clutch of 10. All perfectly formed and of decent size.
So I've dug them up and placed them in a hole in front of the window.
I've dug a nest the same depth as she did, which was only about 6" deep and I've filled it with the soil that she had covered her own nest with, this soil was super fine so thought it best to use that.
I'll cover the window where the eggs are with something to stop the light getting in but so I can easily have a peep closer to the time.
You can only see 5 of the eggs in the window, the other 5 are at the back, all 10 eggs are touching each other and I did not rotate them.
She laid them about 18" away from the new nest site.
I probed this area at 6" deep before and it was 28.5°c /83.3f, I'll do it again in a few days when temps are stable in the soil again.
Let's see what happens.
So I've dug them up and placed them in a hole in front of the window.
I've dug a nest the same depth as she did, which was only about 6" deep and I've filled it with the soil that she had covered her own nest with, this soil was super fine so thought it best to use that.
I'll cover the window where the eggs are with something to stop the light getting in but so I can easily have a peep closer to the time.
You can only see 5 of the eggs in the window, the other 5 are at the back, all 10 eggs are touching each other and I did not rotate them.
She laid them about 18" away from the new nest site.
I probed this area at 6" deep before and it was 28.5°c /83.3f, I'll do it again in a few days when temps are stable in the soil again.
Let's see what happens.