Green Tree Python Maternal Incubation - Transferring Eggs To Hatch Box - Biak Green Tree Pythons

2021's Biak type x Biak type clutch of Green Tree Pythons was maternally incubated. Kira did an excellent job with the clutch, but for some reason she left the nest box about a day before the first baby pipped. I tried putting her back into the nest box but she eventually left again without returning, and after awhile I had noticed the first egg had pipped.
Stress about the unguarded eggs eventually got the better of me and I decided to transfer the egg mass into a hatch box and place it in the incubator to be on the safe side. In hindsight, I don't think it was necessary to transfer them, I think the eggs would have hatched fine. This video shows the process of removing the egg mass from the nest box and transferring it to the hatch box.
I meant to post this last year but I am not great about keeping up with YT uploads, hence the recent flurry of uploads of videos from mid to late 2021. This is a pretty long raw and video so if you don't have the attention span, feel free to skip.

[@OfficialBloodrunner]

Thats amazing. Maternal incubation for GTP. -Neal

[@LanceKirkman]

Grats!

[@snakespirit2651]

Thank you!

[@nfri5108]

what temperature did you keep the ambient heat in the cage during the maternal incubation and what temp did you register in the nest box? thanks, well done!

[@snakespirit2651]

The ambient heat in the enclosure was around 81-82F daytime, with a slight drop at night down to 80F. The nest box was roughly the same, but of course the egg surface temperatures were higher, typically 88-89F during most of incubation period, but dropped down around 84F during the last couple of days.

[@nfri5108]

@@snakespirit2651 Do you mean that you had supplementary heating under the nest box or the dam brought the temp up from an ambient of 81-82 all by herself? thank you!!!
I have a female GTP that has hooked up about 6 times and I am waiting for that prelay shed...

[@snakespirit2651]

@@nfri5108 The dam will generate heat by herself and raise the eggs temperature up to around 88/89F. She will then loosen her coils and begin to allow more airflow to the eggs in the final days.

[@nfri5108]

@@snakespirit2651 thanks so much..I knew she could raise the temp but I had no idea it could be that much! good luck with your future projects and thanks for the reply

[@snakespirit2651]

@@nfri5108 Thank you and good luck to you as well! Yes it is really impressive how much the female can do to control temperature, such amazing creatures.