Suspention incubation method...

[DazedLewis]

I dont think people should put people off this product when they havent actually tried it.

I would be interested for some people to give it a go since if a few are bought the price might not be too much. Then if they are as good as explained, people can post their success on here and you may well have rfukers added to your customer list.

It may help to offer a few cheaply to larger reputable breeders on here to try out on a few clutches to get the ball rolling.

[Ssthisto]

Gregg, I'd be interested in trying this container - could you possibly give me (and the other folks on RFUK) an estimate on what it would cost to get a small number of them - maybe one to three - sent to us here in the UK?

[SleepyD]

Originally Posted by Ssthisto

Gregg, I'd be interested in trying this container - could you possibly give me (and the other folks on RFUK) an estimate on what it would cost to get a small number of them - maybe one to three - sent to us here in the UK?

ditto ~ this would also prove handy if some wish to share delivery.

[messengermatt]

Were expecting atleast 200 hatchlings next year so just out of interested Gregg would it be beneficial to actually try this because the Herp Nursery 2 incubator has been known to take 90 odd days to hatch which imo is rather a long time.

I dont mind if you say no but now i have my head screwed on properly im thinking of it was successful i would have no problem recommending it to others.

[marcgroovyge]

All I was asking was if there was issues with leopard geckos and could there be issues. I'm trying to find something to make me feel more secure above using this product. But I think I'll hone my skills a bit more on hatching more leos as I am too much of a novice

[JRoss]

This is quite an interesting idea as long as the heat is dissipated properly through the perforated plastic. I wonder if these designs give a better hatch rate though. I naturally prefer the 'substrate' method because it seems more natural but something tells me this method would be quite effective. I guess there is only one way to find out, i will have to make one with this design principle it and test it.

[fantapants]

Originally Posted by JRoss

This is quite an interesting idea as long as the heat is dissipated properly through the perforated plastic. I wonder if these designs give a better hatch rate though. I naturally prefer the 'substrate' method because it seems more natural but something tells me this method would be quite effective. I guess there is only one way to find out, i will have to make one with this design principle it and test it.

good idea, the same sort of thing can be made pretty easy.....i did it myself with royal eggs and wire mesh. but i didnt figure that fact that the snakes would actually hatch and could injure themselves on the wire edges no matter HOW carefully i taped the ends. so i have a lesser platty with a scar .

i know a few people that have this box trying it out as we speak. after listening to their ideas and feedback i wouldnt hesitate to buy a few at the next show. it taks all the guess work ( and wire mesh) out of the equation and its one less thing for me to worry about. when you breed on a relatively serious scale you cant always be arsed fannying about with a dozen or two home made conatiners. its worth it for that alone for me.

[Gregg M]

Ok, look...
We have all obviously gotten off on a bad foot here (Ace Reptiles and myself) for some silly reason... I will publicly apologize for any remarks I have made to Ace reptiles... Sorry for my comments... In this hobby, we all need to sticK together as a community, not only in our home Countries, but around the world...

I will also say that being new to the breeding game is not a bad thing at all... We all need to start out somewhere, so please do not think that my comments about being new breeders was a jab... I was just pointing out that there was not enough known about the method by the ones who were talking bad about it... Again I am very sorry for my comments but I was taking it personally as I am showing a product I helped design and we had produced from our own ideas and money... We are not a corperate group... We are 2 regular guys who have about 40 years combined reptile keeping and breeding experience... We saw issues with current incubation methods and fixed them with our product...

Honestly, this is the only place we introduce our product where anyone called it Shite...

Now to answer some questions...

Originally Posted by Ssthisto

Gregg, I'd be interested in trying this container - could you possibly give me (and the other folks on RFUK) an estimate on what it would cost to get a small number of them - maybe one to three - sent to us here in the UK?

The containers are 20 usd each... Bigger orders will be discounted... The shipping from the USA to the UK is A LOT of money... This is why we will have distributers... We have a person in Germany who will be our distributer for Europe... He will also vend the Hamm show... By us having a distributer in Germany it will cut the cost of shipping drastically to you all in all European Countries... We want the Product to be available to anyone who wants it...

Originally Posted by messengermatt

Were expecting atleast 200 hatchlings next year so just out of interested Gregg would it be beneficial to actually try this because the Herp Nursery 2 incubator has been known to take 90 odd days to hatch which imo is rather a long time.

I dont mind if you say no but now i have my head screwed on properly im thinking of it was successful i would have no problem recommending it to others.

Hey Matt...
Ofcorse it would be beneficial to try it... It is a proven method that works... If you think about it, at one point, you have tried all of your reptile products... You have even used containers to incubate your reptile eggs in that were not ment for reptile egg incubation...
Our container is spacifically designed for the task...

Akso, 90 days is a very long time to sit on leo eggs... I think that that incubator you are using may not be all its cracked up to be... Just my opinion... I am not saying it is crap at all but 90 dats does not seem right to me at all...

Originally Posted by marcgroovyge

All I was asking was if there was issues with leopard geckos and could there be issues. I'm trying to find something to make me feel more secure above using this product. But I think I'll hone my skills a bit more on hatching more leos as I am too much of a novice

And I have stated numerous times that there have been dozens of leopard geckos hatched on the container (not to mention some of the largest Leopard geckop breeders are using them) and other smaller species as well... There were absolutly no health issues or broken limbs... Every animal hatch on the container so far have been VERY healthy and more robust than usual...
Again I am sorry about my novice comments...

Originally Posted by JRoss

This is quite an interesting idea as long as the heat is dissipated properly through the perforated plastic. I wonder if these designs give a better hatch rate though. I naturally prefer the 'substrate' method because it seems more natural but something tells me this method would be quite effective. I guess there is only one way to find out, i will have to make one with this design principle it and test it.

Hi jross,
The temps stay very stable inside the container... Infact they are more stable in the container than they are in the incubator especially when the incubator is opened...
I understand what you are saying about the substrate but in actuality most reptiles do not bury their eggs... They lay them in areas where there is an abundance of oxygen flow... Even the species we incubated in this container that do bury their eggs, have hatched with a 100% hatch rate...

[Sarah-Jayne]

May I ask what kind of incubator you use? I only ask because I am wondering if that would affect the hatch rate. I have a home made one but I only hatched 3 eggs last year but I have modified it this year, just haven't tried it yet lol

[shep1979]

i thought u said u would be selling these at hamm ??? i went and looked all over for u and couldent find u as me and a few others want some of these so can u PM me about getting some from u , many thanks