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I'm looking to invest in an incubator and I wanted to know if you guys had any suggestions for a good quality machine.
Thanks.
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.0 Masticophis flagellum piceus (black phase)
0.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

Summertime room temp (mid 70s)is about right for indigos, so incubators aren't needed.

I've read good things about the incubators the Nature's Spirit guy sells. Check the classifieds and good luck with whatever you're hatching!

Thanks!
Right now I'm hatching bearded dragons, but I hope to have some YTs next year. I actually already had those incubators in mind, so I'm glad to hear positive feedback. I'll look into them.
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.0 Masticophis flagellum piceus (black phase)
0.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

For unicolor cribo and Eastern and Texas indigo eggs I've never used an incubator. Boxes of eggs in vermiculite/water have done well at 75 - 80 degrees F. with occasional temps above and below. Expecting Drymarchon eggs?

No Drymarchon yet, I've recently acquired a female YT to pair up with my male once she's acclimated and ready to breed. She's from Gerald Germany's stock. I'm just hoping to purchase an incubator while I have the money.
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.0 Masticophis flagellum piceus (black phase)
0.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

Until recently, I have never used an incubator and have successfully hatched D. corais, D. couperi, erebennus, D. m melanurus, D. m rubidus and D. m unicolor.
Personally, I like to keep incubation temperatures between 72*F - 75*F for all of my Drymarchon spp. and while the lower temperatures equal longer incubation periods, it has been my experience the babies turn out larger and moer robust.
For my Drymarchon spp. eggs, I have started using the Avey ARTI (Ambient Room Temperature Incubator)as the unit both heats and cools, and while the Avey ARTI is pricey, Drymarchon eggs are worth every bit of the expense.
I lost a large number Drymarchon spp. eggs, including over 20 D. m rubidus eggs, last year due to over heating, so I would be EXTREMELY careful using an incubator.
Also, as many have stated, a high shelf in a quiet are where the temps average somewhere in the mid 70's, but do not soar above 80*F or drop below 68*F, will suffice and I still use this method for many of my eggs.

Best of luck to you luck,

Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

Thanks, Jeff
I'll look into the Avey ARTI. IT sounds like a nice machine and would probably be a good decision for me as it gets pretty hot here. Thanks again for your advice!
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.0 Masticophis flagellum piceus (black phase)
0.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana