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Your Incubator Set Up

jjspirko

jjspirko

African House Snake King
Ok I did a search and it does not APPEAR that I am just restarting an old thread. So what I would like to do is create a thread on what your incubator set up is, how it has worked, how you use it (one to two clutches a year, small hobby, small scale commerical, commerical, what ever) and your results.

Pics of your set up are purely optional here

My set up is pretty plain and so far just a few clutches a year all sold off to local stores and via the local paper. I am a web marketer by trade and could do real well online but don't have the inventory or production to bother yet, nor the infamous FedX shipping credentials.

Got started with Kathy and Bill Love's book like many and saw mention of the Hovabator which is pretty simple and made of stryofoam has been what I have used. It looks like this,


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They cost about 50 bucks or a few dollars more. My results have been excellent with just about all good looking eggs hatching. Of course when you deal with like two clutches or three a year it is pretty easy to pay close attention to everything.

I am about to buy a second as I am moving into African House Snakes (finally getting some of my babies to breeding size and located some additional adults in red and het amel, etc). I am considering the turbo fan version of the Hovabator which is 25 bucks more. The money is a moot point just wondering if anyone has compared the two?

Ok so let us know what you are using and your results,
 
I made my own oout of a cooler, the cooler is aobut the size of a 10 gallon. i just put heattape in the botom and BAM! and incubater. I have had 3 geckos eggs in it. 1 went bad, the other two hatched.
 
The turbo fan model is not recommended as it dries out the eggs and substrate. The supplier I got my Hovabator from sells them strictly for reptiles and does not even offer the fan model because of that problem. If it's bigger and that's why you're looking at it, then keeping the fan off would be just as good.

So, yeah, I use the same model as you do for my small scale breeding. I don't plan to have more than three or four clutches a year, even though I'm working on my Fed Ex status. But I also have some styrofowm boxes with lids that I might employ down the road, just in case I have all my clutches hit the ground at the same time and they won't fit in one incubator.
 
We are a small

breeder in SW washington we use the GQF 1250-R incubator. We have corns, bearded dragon, and leopard eggs all 'cooking' together in the one incubator. We splurged this past spring when we got that refund from Uncle Sam...
 
I am using A "Little Giant" incubator, model 9200. You can readily pick these up for under 50 dollars on ebay or such. I am putting my first clutch through it right now, they are due to hatch in about 2 weeks. Everything has went well, I have no complaints on the incubator. It keeps a steady temp, but like any incubator can vary with a changing room temp. Which is the only thing I could ask for in this incubator. I know it will not happen, but i'd like it to have a temp. themostat instead of a dial, so it would work like a central heat/air of a house. Finding a good stable temp. room in my house is hard to find, so I'd like it to be able to maintain its own temp even when the outside air lowers. For the price I paid for it ($0, old highschool principal gave it to me) I can't complain. It suits my needs just fine!

I, too, may end up having to buy another incubator next year to house clutches if breeding goes as planned. I wish I could fork out the bucks for a larger one.
 
dionythicus said:
The turbo fan model is not recommended as it dries out the eggs and substrate. The supplier I got my Hovabator from sells them strictly for reptiles and does not even offer the fan model because of that problem. If it's bigger and that's why you're looking at it, then keeping the fan off would be just as good.
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It is not any bigger and that was a concern I had, thanks for confirming it. Thanks to all who have participated in this thred thus far as well,
 
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