can i use this for a beardie incubator?

[VickyF]

I have a spare 2ft glass viv and was wondering if I could use it for a beardie incubator.Can i use a heat lamp on a stat or does it have to be a heat mat.Thanks

[Monitor93]

Hi.
Well Me and my OH use a little plastic tub that we leave in the viv. We try to simulate what it would be like in the wild (cause i doubt they have incubators out there lol!) So I suppose it would be fine as long as you keep the temps good Btw the adults cant get to the eggs so they're safe And its worked fine, we've hatched 4 babies so far and we've only had our lizards 5 months

Hope all goes well and all the best

[VickyF]

Originally Posted by Monitor93

Hi.
Well Me and my OH use a little plastic tub that we leave in the viv. We try to simulate what it would be like in the wild (cause i doubt they have incubators out there lol!) So I suppose it would be fine as long as you keep the temps good Btw the adults cant get to the eggs so they're safe And its worked fine, we've hatched 4 babies so far and we've only had our lizards 5 months

Hope all goes well and all the best

How does that work at night when the temp goes down?

[Monitor93]

Well we just leave them be. We spray them with warm water everyday (only a little) and let nature do its job

We just try and do is exactly like it would be in the wild (where the temps would drop and so on)

It seems to work fine (as long as they're out of UV's path.) I've hatched 4 beautiful babies so far

My lizards are Long tails mind, so Im not sure if it would work with beardies, but may be worth a shot.

[Simon M]

If you can get the right temps and condition from a plastic tub to wooden viv Then go for it!

Goodluck

[jojo1977]

cant see this working because the humdity will not be high enough and if it is the adults will suffer