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hey everybody,

okay so today my female st had her pre-lay shed. so i think now is time to start looking at incubators. since it is only one clutch i looked into a hovabator. my question is if that is a good choice? also if all i have to do is set the eggs up in a container and put the container in the hovabator?

or should i just put a heatpad on a sterilite container with a mixture of my choice(hatch-rite, vermiculite, perlite, etc) with water and put that on a thermostat?

thanks alot for you help,

alex

I would definetly go with a hovabator, for as cheap as they are! You can fit a sterilite 6qt. bin in it. I use the egg crate plastic lighting covers. I cut it to fit down inside the 6qt. bin and put 4 layers in it then fill the water up to 3 of them and leave the 4th one uncovered. And put the eggs on top of the 4th one. It works great!!! All you need is about $61.00 ($50 for the hovabator, $10 for the egg crating, and $1 for the shoe box sterilite bin.) THEN JUST ADD WATER AND THE EGGS!!!! GOOD LUCK BOB

interesting,.. u don't use incubation medium then?
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This is courage.. to bear unflinching what heaven sends. -unknown

2.0 chocolate lab (Harley) and basset (Capone)
0.1 leopard gecko (Nacho)
1.0 Normal ball python (Arwen)
1.0 pastel ball python (Merlin)
0.1 Spider ball python (Rogue)
1.4 breeder rats

No! Just the egg crate. It's great for humidity too!!! Done it this way for a few years and never had any problems. KNOCK ON WOOD!!! Ha,Ha. Have a great season! BOB

so you put the egg crate and water in and set the eggs on the crate or in a container on the grate?

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This is courage.. to bear unflinching what heaven sends. -unknown

2.0 chocolate lab (Harley) and basset (Capone)
0.1 leopard gecko (Nacho)
1.0 Normal ball python (Arwen)
1.0 pastel ball python (Merlin)
0.1 Spider ball python (Rogue)
1.4 breeder rats

if im correct he puts 4 cut out pieces of the crate in a 6qt tub then fills that tub up with water up to the thrid crate and sits the eggs on the forth. correct me if im wrong plz

I understood all that but this is what threw me off..
"All you need is about $61.00 ($50 for the hovabator, $10 for the egg crating, and $1 for the shoe box sterilite bin.) THEN JUST ADD WATER AND THE EGGS!!!! GOOD LUCK BOB"
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This is courage.. to bear unflinching what heaven sends. -unknown

2.0 chocolate lab (Harley) and basset (Capone)
0.1 leopard gecko (Nacho)
1.0 Normal ball python (Arwen)
1.0 pastel ball python (Merlin)
0.1 Spider ball python (Rogue)
1.4 breeder rats

Hey hows it going! This is what I meant. $50. to buy the Hovabator Incubator, $10. to buy the egg crating at Home Depot, And $1. to buy the plastic shoe box at Wal-Mart. Then cut the egg crating to fit down inside the shoe box, then put 3 layers in and pour the water to the top of the third egg crate, then put the 4th one in and put the eggs on top of the forth one, then put the lid on snug, and last put the plastic shoe box in the Hovabator. It keeps the temps. and humidity perfect. If it needs a little more humidity inside the shoe box you can put clingwrap or I use press'n seal, it works way better I think. Set it at 88* and the waiting starts!!!! HOPE THAT WAS MORE UNDERSTANDING? Have a great year!! Thanks, Bob

that's a great idea..