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Re: Question
I would prepare a nesting box out of a plastic container and fill it half way with moist(moist, but you cant quite sqeeze water out of it) vermiculite- or the incubating material of your choice- then they have a good place to lay them, and they should be ok for a day or 3. Vermiculite is available at orchard supply and other garden supply places for real cheap. Make the entrance just big enough for the snake to get in and out, so the humidity will stay in there for days at a time.
I have used large ziplock food storage containers for kings, and it worked well. put the hole either in the top of a side, or in the lid. Put the container on the edge of the warm side so the temps will be ok for eggs.
I messed up and didnt provide a nestbox for my fm gopher this year, and she laid them in the water dish- they all went bad. In other words, if you dont provide a good spot- they will try to find the next best place, which may not actually be a good spot.
Also, you can cover the container or shoot it with spray paint(let it dry real good-a whole day-first) so it seems more like a dark hole.
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