home made incubator

[takeoffyourcolours]

hi, can anyone give me the step by step instructions to make one lol

[Mouki]

18'' by 15'' vivarium with a pot of moist vermiculite in and a 60w heat bulb


and a 1000pound + temperature control touch screen unit


if you mean a polystyrene box thing....i dunno how you make one. my dad likes to make things over the top....hence why i cant use a normal pulse stat for my vivs

[Sarah-Jayne]

Ok you need....

Big polystyrene box
Heat mat that is the same size as the bottom of the box
Pulse stat for the heat mat
Digital thermometer
Some kind of rack to stand the egg boxes on

Its pretty easy...heres a picture of mine...



I put the stat probe in one of the egg boxes, the box at the bottom had water in it to keep up the humidity. I also put the probe from the digital thermometer in one of the egg boxes to calibrate the temperature as thermostats are not accurate.

[messengermatt]

Originally Posted by Mouki

18'' by 15'' vivarium with a pot of moist vermiculite in and a 60w heat bulb


and a 1000pound + temperature control touch screen unit


if you mean a polystyrene box thing....i dunno how you make one. my dad likes to make things over the top....hence why i cant use a normal pulse stat for my vivs

Could i have some details on this because i wouldnt mind getting one

[robster84]

polybox, heatmat, a shelf, a mat stat, thermometer, hygrometer

polybox was free from aquarium fish shop, already had heat mat but they are available cheaply, mat stat about £20, thermometer and hygrometer about £15

[Big Red One]

erm...

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/breed...ncubators.html

[Mouki]

Originally Posted by messengermatt

Could i have some details on this because i wouldnt mind getting one

yeah sure....if you wanna pm me any questions on it then

its pretty good....so far all eggs from it have hatched between 35-45 days inc for female as well. im thinking this is because the temps dont fluctate at all...apart from 0.1degree

so yep...just pm me what you want to know. I tried other incubators before but this is by far the best

[Richyroo]

Originally Posted by mouki

18'' by 15'' vivarium with a pot of moist vermiculite in and a 60w heat bulb


and a 1000pound + temperature control touch screen unit


If you mean a polystyrene box thing....i dunno how you make one. My dad likes to make things over the top....hence why i cant use a normal pulse stat for my vivs

wow........................................

[takeoffyourcolours]

thanks everyone
will start making one this week!

[takeoffyourcolours]

edit : just finished making it..
will get pics to see if all you lovely experts approve
all i actually need now is a Pulse stat for the heat mat,
Digital thermometer and
Some kind of rack to stand the egg boxes on