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I have 3 bearded dragons! My one female just laid her eggs last night and she lais about 30 of them. Yeah that seems like alot when you were expecting on 15 or so! Anyways! My problem is that I can't afford to buy an incubator and I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I can incubate the eggs. What they are in right now is a foam cooler with a water in the bottom and the eggs themselves are in a container that is sitting in the water! Can someone please give me some advice and let me know if they know of anything that I can do! I would appreciate it! Thanks Everyone!!!

I know that Gunilla has a detailed description of how she built her incubator. Her website is below. Sorry I'm not of much help, but I'm a rescuer not a breeder.

Veronica
Incubator

Not to be rude, but if you can't afford a $50 incubator that most people use to incubate their dragons eggs you're not gonna be able to afford the $500 food bill it's gonna cost them minimum to raise up properly or the extra costs for tanks and lights and UVB. Not being mean or anything, just pointing out that it's gonna cost a bundle to do it right.

We use a homemade incubator, but I have heard of people using a tank or cooler filled with water and heating the water with an aquarium fish heater and keeping the egg container a few inches above the waterline. Dunno if that really works or not, maybe someone hear can help better with that.

You want your temps inside the egg container to be around 84 degrees with high humidity. It really doesn't matter how that heat is acheived, as long as it is. If it's already been 24 hours with no heat, it's probably a lost cause unless you've been able to keep it warm so far.

brandon
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Dragons by Nature

Thanks for the advice! We are aware of how much it is going to cost to keep up with the babies when they get here. We were planning on this happening. Just we didn't know that she had eggs in her stomach. The eggs have been in heat for 24 hours. We have a neater underneath the cooler they are in. I appreciate you advice I really do. Thanks!!!!

you're welcome.. that's good that they have heat.. if you can get it to stay constant around the 84 degree mark then you got an incubator right there... just make sure the temps don't fluctuate up and down a lot.. that will probably cause problems. and keep an eye on humdity. if the eggs start to dent increase humidity. if the eggs start to sweat decrease humidity (unless it's just about hatch time then it's okay)

good luck with the eggs I hope they are okay for you guys. It's always really exciting when the eggs hatch. Be prepared for a long 2 months heheh. Jessica went about crazy waiting for the eggs to pop our first clutch.

brandon
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Dragons by Nature