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does any one know where I can get a good size incubator for a decent price? One place that I quoted wanted $4000!!!!
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I KNOW the reptile petshop here in va, well, in chester, va uses heat tape and an old refrigerater? so i'm trying to find a college sized fridge
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Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude) [just a pet...she started it all]
1. Orange normal (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
2. Miami Phase part zigzag (Starkey, Mcvitty)[Emilys F2]
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury) .1 Blizzard (Detta)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy) [Emilys F1 babies]
.1 Amel (Pepperoni) .1 Orange Reverse Okeetee (Lonna)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss HET Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Hypo HET Stripe (Gracie Lou) 1. Hypo Stripe (Gideon)
1.1 Anery HET Motley (Lleroy, Persia)
.1 Candy Cane (Peaches HoneyBlossom) [Just a pet]
1. Abbotts Okeetee (Albert) [Charlottes son]
1.1 Snow (Crickle, Isis) .1 Green Snow (Maya)
1. Caramel poss HET Butter (Topher)
.1 Anery stripe (V) [husbands snake...he named it]
1.2 Bloodred HET Amel 1. Amel HET Bloodred

Others:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)
1. High-white Reverse Spotted Cal King (Wishbone)
.1 Albino Stripe Cal King (Eve)
.1 Bananna spotted/stripe cal king (Speckle) Thanks Jeff!!!
1.1 Thayeri (Giuseppe[MSP], Cheyenne)
1.1 Creamsicle HET Motley(Orangejello, Genevieve)
1. Creamsicle motley (no name) Thanks Jimmy!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 Blizzard (Blitz)
.1? High yellow (no name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name, ideas welcome)

thanks for the info. I am just not sure how to deal with heat tape. I am going to have to learn, as the hatchling rack that I made needs heat tape.
thanks again for the info
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this is what I am going to use this year. Right now it is my brumator but all I have to do is turn the thermostat up to 88 and it becomes an incubator. As far as working with heat tape, it's not hard at all. Check out MGreptiles.com and there are good instructions for how to do it. Matt will even wire it for you if you know what lengths of wire to use for your rack system. He is very good to work with and will answere any questions you have if you call him at the number on his site.

Pic of incubator with critter cages. Just fill with dampend vermiculite and leave the tops off and treat it as you would any other incubator. $40 for the cooler, $8 for each critter cage(holds 4), $30 Big Apple thermostat (don't need the expensive ones for this), $15 for the length of heat tape and wire needed. (altogether about $120 but everyone needs a cooler now and again and the critter cages can be used later as feeding bins or to house hatchlings as well, the thermostat can then be used for your hatchling rack after everything hatches also.

>>this is what I am going to use this year. Right now it is my brumator but all I have to do is turn the thermostat up to 88 and it becomes an incubator. As far as working with heat tape, it's not hard at all. Check out MGreptiles.com and there are good instructions for how to do it. Matt will even wire it for you if you know what lengths of wire to use for your rack system. He is very good to work with and will answere any questions you have if you call him at the number on his site.
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>>Pic of incubator with critter cages. Just fill with dampend vermiculite and leave the tops off and treat it as you would any other incubator. $40 for the cooler, $8 for each critter cage(holds 4), $30 Big Apple thermostat (don't need the expensive ones for this), $15 for the length of heat tape and wire needed. (altogether about $120 but everyone needs a cooler now and again and the critter cages can be used later as feeding bins or to house hatchlings as well, the thermostat can then be used for your hatchling rack after everything hatches also.
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Hey man,
88 is bit too high.
I would shoot for around 80 to 83.
Hotter can be more detrimental then cooler.
Cooler, even down into mid to high 70's will still work, just take longer for them to hatch.
Higher temps, especially up around 90, can be dangerous and there is speculation high temps is the culprit in kinked babies.
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Thanks for that info!!! It could be a life saver!

>>Thanks for that info!!! It could be a life saver!

set it up ahead of time and try to get the temp around 82.
That way several degrees lower or higher will still be safe.
good luck and the set up looks great.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
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see, the only thing is, I would screw something up. Not sure if I trust my eggs to my abilities. lol. It is worth a shot, though. I could probably assemble it way in advance and see if the temps hold.
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