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[richardsc]

notecris,they usually find a humid spot and make a humid nest in the wild,they wrap around the eggs creating a humid environment for the eggs,when it gets cooler than they like they shiver,if it gets to warm they loosen there wrap on the clutch,even leave the clutch and bask returning to it when the see fit,like i said theres alot of variables with maternal incubation,alot of areas to cover,and alot more stress put on the female,why do u think the majority of breeders artificially incubate,most only use maternal incubation to see how there females do it,not because they think its more successful or a better way to do it,also to answer an earlier question,when eggs hatch from a maternal incubation the female does what she does in nature,she loosens her coils from the clutch and lets the little buggers hatch,when they all hatch,she nicks off as do the babies,they all go there seperate ways,the females goal now is to find lots of food,she is really in need of some condition as incubating her eggs has used alot of her nourishment up and with winter fast approaching,she really needs tucker or she could succumb