I was unable to get a thermostat early on in the incubation due to financial constraints, and by the time I could have afforded one, it was already halfway through and it seemed to me like it'd be a moot point by that time.
I used two thermometers on each side of the clutch, with the probes imbedded in the vermaculite, to tell me the temperature, and would adjust things as they were needed.

It's the best I could do under the circumstances, and thankfully appeared to work.

~jenny
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1.2 normal ball pythons (Cindy, Darwin, and Periscope)
0.2 rescue chinese water dragons (Yoni and Linga)
0.0.1 Mountain Horned Lizard
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
1.0 gerbil (Yerbul)
0.1 mice (Cute Girl Mousy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
1.1 betta fishes (Vicious and Killer)
2.2 great danes (Shasta, Odysseus, Merlot, and Watson)
1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
1.1 cats (Thidwick and Turtle)
3.0 horses (Buddy, Sam, and Scout)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
0.0.1 chupacabra (it ate our chickens)

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