If you have the right level of humidty in your incubator do you have to put them on a substrate? Should I use like perlite lightly moistened or is it ok to just put them on like a grate?
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Do eggs have to be in substrate?
dacherrypicker
Jun 22, 2008 05:25 PM
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wahberee
Jun 23, 2008 10:04 AM
You have to understand that if a egg flips, then the embryo inside the egg can drown. Substrate prevent eggs from rolling. I have never tried to incubate eggs without substrate and I wouldnt recommend it because when you open the container, all the humidity escapes and those couple of second could dry the eggs out.
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dacherrypicker
Jun 23, 2008 10:26 AM
Yea I guess thats a pretty good point. I didnt think about that part. So you think if the humidity is high enough perlite as an incubating medium is good if kept moist enough?
wahberee
Jun 23, 2008 03:15 PM
50% of all breeders use perlite,
the other 50% use vermiculite.
Vermiculite is known to have asbestos in some cases so I would go with perlite.
Definitely moist enough, just make sure you use the right water to perlite ratio 1.0/.8 by weight respectively.
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wahberee
Jun 23, 2008 03:17 PM
error,
perlite to water ratio is 1/.8 respectively so 1 gram of perlite for every .8 grams of water.
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