Home made incubators

[Greenphase]

Dont look to bad mate but i wouldnt attach the probe to the mat in an incubator as you do in a viv as you wnat the temps to be right over the eggs not on the mat if that makes sense

[Scaley]

Originally Posted by Greenphase

Dont look to bad mate but i wouldnt attach the probe to the mat in an incubator as you do in a viv as you wnat the temps to be right over the eggs not on the mat if that makes sense

well im goin 2 b puttin a digi thermo on the eggs and adjust the stat 2 suit that if it makes sense? because its only a mat stat, the flux in temps would b 2 much if the probe was 2 far away. it will just mean that i will go by the digi thermo instead of the dial on the stat.

[_TREV_]

HI ALL
here's my incubator i made it out of wood its 30in by 15in by 15in
put a shelf in it and put plastic slidey doors on it and put a 20ft
heat cable inside and set the temp at 86% it works great for me
had a 120 corn snake eggs in it this year & a 116 hatched out ok






cheers TREV.

[SlimBoy]

Work TREV ???

[neil08]

can some one tell me at wot height they set there shelves above the heat mat when using the first poly box method plz ill be making one of these in near future for my leo eggs and want it perfect. thnx neil.

[animal addict]

Originally Posted by Replika

mine couldn't be simpler

Ingredients
1 x poly box from shop £freeeeeee!
1 x aquarium thermostatically controlled heater £22
1 x thermometer with remote probe £4 e-bay
1 x ice cream tub £freeeeee!
1 x bag of vermiculite from garden centre £5


Method
half fill poly box with warm water
put in aquarium heater and set temp ( I set at 82 degress)
damp vermiculite in ice cream tub
temperature probe in ice cream tub
float tub in water
close poly box
monitor temps and adjust as necessary over a week
Temps stable put eggs in box and shut lid, check eggs weekly, temperature probe in at all times

Result
100% hatch rate for corns at 62 days on my first ever go, all babies big and strong

I think someone else asked this too - but how do you control the humidity in this??

[alfie reptiles]

thanks so much great help i was about to spend loads and loads

[goodwin1234]

Hi,

This is slightly off topic sorry but maybe someone could answer my queery?

I was at my local rep shop today, and i bought a pulse stat from the owner for a fiver because the rubber around the end of the probe had a split in it. Would this still be useable for an incubator or would the temps fluctuate too much? Could it be bodged with a bit of electrical tape or something?

Excellent thread by the way! Was a great help! Thankyou

Cheers, Kieron

[Lizard Loft]

Originally Posted by animal addict

I think someone else asked this too - but how do you control the humidity in this??

Hi mate, i have recently made up one of these, and the humidity stays at 100% and trying to control it is very difficult and i have had no luck, i have no eggs in at the moment,

but it does keep a really good constant temperature and is very!!! cheap to make.

heres some pics of the 1 i recently made;







Balloon stops boxing touching the heater ,

[Freehoustie]

ok im making my incubator. got a few questions.

im using a ceramic bulb to heat it.. so 1st question is, where do i put this to ensure the same heat all around the fridge.

next kinda similar question to 1st. Where do i put the temp prob from the pulse stat? and will all eggs have to be the same distance from the bulb or do fridges generally keep the same heat circulation around them?

and i see spray bottle in there for spraying but i was wondering how often u can actually open the door to inc.?

John