anyone done a homemade incubator?

[Catherine896]

Im looking at the reptile incubators on ebay and they seem really basic.
Has anyone ever made one?
What did you use?
I have a spare thermostat and a big heat mat if a heat mat would be enough heat?
Then all I would need is a polystyrene box and.... anything else?

Any advice would be great, thanks alot.

[damo]

Dito????

[Beardies]

vermiculite (some people use moss) to put in the incubator i made one but somebody offered to incuabte my eggs for me instead lol which helped me out as i was hardly around at the time
But you need a bowl of water for humidity
thermometer and one for humididty i forget what they are called

i think thats what i had

[Catherine896]

Is a heat mat enough to heat it? Do the eggs sit in the moss?

Thanks.

[shiva&kaa123]

Originally Posted by Beardies

vermiculite (some people use moss) to put in the incubator i made one but somebody offered to incuabte my eggs for me instead lol which helped me out as i was hardly around at the time
But you need a bowl of water for humidity
thermometer and one for humididty i forget what they are called

i think thats what i had

Hygrometer-We spray our incubators daily at work to keep the humidity up
Ben

[Beardies]

ah thats what they called lol i never remember

The heat mat should heat it enough but i dunno if it depends on the size of your heatmat to incubator though maybe somebody else can answer that...........

The eggs sit in the vermiculite or moss

[shiva&kaa123]

You leave the incubator in the viv of the breeding pair and if gravid, the female should lay in the box-usually just a couple of inches under the surface, it's a good idea to have some kind of hide on when the female is laying-afterwards take out and heat with heat mat (That's how we do it anyway...)
Ben

[Beardies]

My corn had a laying box she laid them all in there except one (infertile) as i didnt know she was gravid (long story its on here somehwere)
Then her eggs were put into the incubator

[Catherine896]

So, we could put a small polystyrene box in full of moss, leave until they have laid eggs. Take it out, put the lid on, put a thermostat on and a heatmat then just leave it? Spray every day for humidity. Does the box need any holes in for ventilation or anything? And have a temp and humidity gauge in there.

Thanks.

[shiva&kaa123]

Have holes to prevent mould growing, alternitavely, just don't use a lid...
Ben