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I have heard of people making incubators for gecko and turtle eggs. Does anyone on here make there own incubator or does everyone use the hovabator? If possible decribe your homemade one. Thanks!

A turtle or lizard egg incubator would work the same way as a snake incubator. Here are a couple "How to build your own incubator" websites:

http://members.aol.com/TheWyvernsLair/incubator.html

http://www.turtlecare.net/incubato.htm

If you live in a house without air conditioning, you don't really need an incubator. There are many breeders (including myself) who simply place the eggs in a container with moist perlite (or vermiculite) and put it on a shelf. Eggs take longer to hatch using this method, but there are some who feel that the nighttime lows and daytime highs in temperature are beneficial to developing babies - rather than staying at a set temperature.

Tim

Third Eye

too bad there is not an incubator that you can set two temps in. One for high, one for low.
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You're not kidding about that. One of the reasons I quit using a Hovabator is because whenever there'd be a heat wave, I'd end up getting babies with kinked spines. I bet there's some expensive models that DO cool as well as heat, but for a hobbyist, they're a bit pricy.

Tim

you'd have to use a proportional thermostate (helix) with a programable night drop function but they are pricey$$$.

This is something I made this year that worked fine with 100% hatch rate.

I used a 20 gallon tank half full of water. Than I used a underwater tank heater to keep the temperature constant and a pump to circulate the water. I then placed a tupperware container with holes drilled in the side and a lid on it. Filled with vermiculate than placed on top of water to float and all hald down with the taks lid so tupperware was about half submerged.

This can all be made for less than 60$.

This worked well for me and plz write if u would like more info or some pics.

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1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
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most people that have posted something similar also use bricks in the water to put the tupperware container on instead of letting it float. But hey, if it works, use it. lol
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****Misty****

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"Time flies when you can't remember what you did yesterday!"

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