i have a hovabator and hatched a clutch of eggs two years ago this year im expecting two clutched not sure if the hovabator can hold two clutches? does anyone know for sure? was thinking about buying a small deluxe fridge from thinkgeek.com looks like exactly what bigapple is selling just cheaper! any advice is appreciated.
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incubator questions?
ballfreak
Feb 24, 2011 06:18 PM
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kingofspades
Feb 24, 2011 10:27 PM
I think it is the same thing as thinkgeek, but I think they do something to it inside to make it better, so I'd get the one meant for reptiles...not the thinkgeek one.
Why not just build one? A foam meat cooler, a strip of heat tape and a thermostat...all you really need.
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If all the beasts were gone,
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For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."
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lairofdragons
Feb 24, 2011 10:59 PM
Mine is a old frig that doesn't work...took out all of the important stuff.....fig was free..mounted a light bulb fixture at top and bottom of frig part with heat shroud...used helix therm and cut a hole at the top in the back and put in a computer tower fan converted with a 12 v converter..Helix and power strips are in the freezer section ....maybe 100.00 bucks in the whole set up.can send pics if you like to your email, just let me know,,
I have hatched dragons, and snakes in it with no problem..but it only holds 16 tubs...only downfall will need a few more this year. I hate it when thats a problem...lol
Travis
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ballfreak
Feb 25, 2011 07:59 PM
guys thanks for your help but i just bought one from thinkgeek.com it warms up to 140 degrees so warming at 89 should be no problem. thanks again!
magicalmorphs
Feb 25, 2011 09:28 PM
I've hatched 4 clutches in a hovabator before. I took out the wire at the bottom taped over all the holes and filled the lower half with vermiculite. I think I lost 1 egg of about 17 eggs (8 of the eggs were small from a small female, but all hatched). Last year i did the homemade think with a huge cooler, heat cable and a helix. It worked great and can hold up to 12 clutches. There's videos on youtube of how to make them. It's something to consider when you out grow the hovabator and thinkgeek ones. Good luck Chris
