Home made incubators

[lee b]

Originally Posted by Hants-snakes

Here is my latest incubator. The wine cooler came off ebay as a spares or repair (BIG BONUS IT WORKS) A heatmat placed behind the shelves, connected to a stat and a min max thermometer.

all in it cost about £30. it holds temp to +/- 1deg. it helps as the room has AC so holds a steady temp.

OK, so it is not pretty, it does need some work, but most importantly, it works!

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do the tubs in the fridge need venilation holes?

[smart1]

Originally Posted by lee b

do the tubs in the fridge need venilation holes?

you can go for vent holes or no holes .

[oli_171]

that last one was amazing alot of money but well worth it at the moment i have one of those cooler box ones but by breeding season 2010 i will have a better one or two

[skitz407]

top thread!!!!

[onewhite84]

on the very first one how do you keep the humidity up

[carlos 09]

poly boxes,i get them free,veg man uses them for brocolli..big or small

[geckoloverr]

what temperature for pygmy chameleon and crestie eggs?

[bruce_angie]

Hi i wonder if you can give me some advice. My beardie has laid 26 eggs and I have them in a polystyrene incubator as per your instructions. They are keeping at a steady 29c the humidity seems to be ok the vermiculite/perlite still clumps when you squeeze it together. But when you open the box it smells very musty is this normal? The eggs are looking ok and can see blobs and blood vessels in them so fingers crossed will get some.

[onewhite84]

Originally Posted by onewhite84

on the very first one how do you keep the humidity up

anyone know ?

[Greenphase]

The humidity is kept up with the moisture in the vermiculite or perlite.If it is starting to dry out then i keep i small bottle of water in all my incubators so i can dampen down the substrate again.You will get a musty smell from the substrate after using it for a while as it never gets to dry out.This is normal and nothing to worry about as long as the eggs are doing well.