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What do you guys find to be the most reasonably priced reliable incubators? Do a lot of you all use hovabators or do you build your own? I'm hopeing to produce about 8 clutchs this season and if they all drop at same time I want to be ready..

Where do you all get your rodents?? I use to breed rodents but my current living situation prohibits it. And $4.00 a small rat from the local petstore which is very small is killing me... I have a deep freezer and have been considering buying frozen I have only 12 snakes right now so I'd be buying probably about 100 or 150 rodents at a time..

I have a question about multiple male clutchs.. Has anyone breed lets say a pastel male and yellowbelly male to a normal female and produced a pastel yellowbelly? I have heard about getting both morph offsprings in the clutch just wondering if its possible for a baby to get both father genes??

Thanks and Goodluck to all this upcoming season!!!!!

What do you guys find to be the most reasonably priced reliable incubators? Do a lot of you all use hovabators or do you build your own? I'm hopeing to produce about 8 clutchs this season and if they all drop at same time I want to be ready..
8 clutches might be getting in the range where hovabators may not be the most conveniant. You'd need probably at least 4 hovabators to accomidate 8 clutches depending on clutch size.

Where do you all get your rodents?? I use to breed rodents but my current living situation prohibits it. And $4.00 a small rat from the local petstore which is very small is killing me... I have a deep freezer and have been considering buying frozen I have only 12 snakes right now so I'd be buying probably about 100 or 150 rodents at a time..

Breeding your own is the best, IMHO...but in your case definately bying them in bulk like you mentioned would be next best case scenerio.

I have a question about multiple male clutchs.. Has anyone breed lets say a pastel male and yellowbelly male to a normal female and produced a pastel yellowbelly? I have heard about getting both morph offsprings in the clutch just wondering if its possible for a baby to get both father genes??

No, you wouldn't get a pastel yellowbelly from that.....you could get pastels AND yellowbelly's like you mentioned but thats as far as that goes.

-Jason

Ok so what are the other options for incubation since hovabator isn't suffiecient????

Where do you all get your frozen rodents????? A few places I have checked after you add shipping its the same as the petstores unless you buy a mass quantity....

I would check locally for rats depending on where you are or else buy large amounts if you have to have them shipped.

Also a lot of people on KS seem to build their own incubator.

matt

I live in Montgomery Alabama there isn't much for rodents or even snakes that I have found except the Dixie Show which is always nice... Does anyone have instuctions on how to build a incubator? I have a general idea but could you some specifics. I'd be building it out of either a mini fridge or a large rubbermaid cooler.. I have a thermostat. I know one guy who gutted a mini fridge out put a heat pad on the bottom of the fridge and hooked it to a helix is this exceptable? Do the eggs need air flow? Any tips are appreciated..

it will open your world up to new ides.

Pitoon