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Old 19-09-2009, 07:38 PM
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Has anyone got one of these incubators or used one? Could you give me your honest opinion on them please. I am buying one next week so i can incubate my veiled chameleon eggs!
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Old 19-09-2009, 09:42 PM
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i bought 1 last december and ive had no problems. Make sure you have a digi thermometer as i found the temp on the incubator was 2 degrees out so your have to fiddle with it to get it spot on but once its set you dont really have to touch the eggs again unless you see a problem.
MIne has sucessfully hathced 2 clutchs of corn eggs and 4 beardy clutchs this year!
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Old 19-09-2009, 09:47 PM
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I've got two of them I use.

Don't rely on the digital read out for the temperature, use a digital thermometer in the box to set and monitor the temp.

I found that when the incubator wasn't full the temps fluctuated a bit, so now always fill it with empty incubation boxes complete with substrate which seems to then keep a much more stable temperature. and you've always then got boxes ready for any unexpected clutches.

Had no problems hatching various ratsnake eggs in it, and I have a friend who breeds chams, and he uses one with great success too.

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We recently invested in one and so far so good. We haven't had it long enough to determine how good it is, but the eggs in there at the moment seem to be ok, and we haven't got condensation all over the tub lids like we had with our home-made poly box jobby.
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i have used it for my leos beardys and coastel carpte pythons clutches and had a 100% hatch rate soo pleased for my first time breeding mines is off about 2 degress easily fixed with a digi thermometer BUT MAKE SURE TO KEEP out of sunlight as it cant handle the outside change to well but other than great :P u can get them for around £80 in some places if u look around
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Thanks peeps cant wait to get mine should be arriving saturday!
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