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I have noticed a few people making their own incubators from Polystyrene boxes.
Where do they get them from?
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go to aquatic/fish and aquarium shops they should have loads.
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Greengrocers and fishmongers have them.
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I got two from my local tropical fish centre: they charged me £1 each for them
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Saw loads on ebay last week too (just search for polystyrene boxes). Not bad prices either & i think they were new ones .
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Does anyone have a method for making an incubator out of polystyrene boxes? I've got a couple lying around..
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Does anyone have a method for making an incubator out of polystyrene boxes? I've got a couple lying around..
http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/breed...ncubators.html

Pretty much self Explainitory... or you can see here:

Build a fully working incubator for under $50 - Redtailboa.net

Also, i got a polystyrene box from my local pet shop, didnt charge me anything was reluctant to get rid of it
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i order my rodents from TSM and get poly boxes , got them lying around .
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i got mine free from my local aquatics/rep shop x
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