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I want to buy a legit one. My egg parenting skills are lacking. Any idea? There's nothing up in the Classifieds. Thanks!

Why do you feel your hatching skills are lacking? How do you currently hatch your leopard eggs. I'm just concerned that buying an incubator might not solve all your problems.
Are you using an incubator now? What kind? Tell us a little about how you incubate.

Thanks
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I've never had leopard eggs, i'm just preparing. When I first started out with my corn snakes things were a tad bit iffy, and i'd lose 3 or 4 a clutch to improper incubating. I'd just like to rectify this BEFORE I get leopard eggs.

I've seen some used (Hova-bator type) at reptile expos for about $25. Normal selling price at arount $45. Don't go for the fancy electronic thermostat version though. It's prewired for a set temperature point that's too high for reptiles. The basic incubator has an adjustment knob that you'll have to "calibrate" to the right temperature with a separate thermometer.

A simple hovabator (the model without the fan as the fan tends to dry out reptile eggs) works great. I've hatched out turtles, nonvenomous snakes, egg laying pitvipers, etc in these many times over. For a simple easy to use incubator they're hard to beat.

Also, if you are using one in a dry place (or really just in general) I find putting in a dish of water to keep the humidity up works great... If you're just doing a few eggs a few bottles of water in there also helps keep the temperature constant (as water has a higher thermal capacitance than air).

Ditto on the Hovabator, about 40-45 bucks. About 10 years ago I purchased two beautiful plexi incubators for like $360 apiece - they sucked, 3 and 4 degree fluctuations. The styro Hovabator and a $15 digital thermometer are all you will need.
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I agree with the hovabator. I just purchased another tonight for African Fat Tail incubation this next season. I have an incubator I made from a small frig. It's great for larger volumes of eggs but I am very happy with the hovabator.
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