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Hi!

Does anyone of the expereinced breeders in this forum have any ideas on how to lower the incubator temperature to below 70 degrees ferenhiet? I'm thinking like about 65-68 degree F. I know if it isn't hard to get that kind of temperature in this weather, but what if it is the hot summer months. Any ideas?

We have that same problem. I've always wondered if a wine refrigerator would work for that, they go up to 66-68 degrees at the higher settings and some of them have thermostats you can set to the exact temperature you want. I haven't had a chance to test them with eggs yet but probably will next summer. Its kind of expensive ($150 and up) but would be worth it if you breed alot of chams. Anyway, thought this might help

Asactly my thoughts! I saw some wine fridges for about 130 and up online. Eventhough they are costly, It would certainly be worth it if you plan to seriously breed chameleons.I havent really seen fridges that would let you set in the temps of teh 60's thought. For most of them the warmest is around the 40's . where did you find the ones that can be around the 60's?

We don't recommend using thermostat controlled devices for hatching cham eggs. First they can malfunction and cook all your eggs and second mother nature warms up during the day and cools at night so why change that process. The average temperature of the earth where most cham eggs are deposited is between 68F-74F. We have had great success with just putting them half buried in a mixture of vermiculite/perlite and placing them in a dark closet that averages between those two temps during the day.

Yosemite
Reptayls Ltd.

kind of hard to just stick them in the closet when it averages 90 degrees during the day and about 80 at night in your house. We have the ac on full time and our house is still too hot

Yes...i know what you mean. It all depends on where you live. Plus, if you use incubators like Hovabators, the temperatures do change slightly with the ambient temperature. It is just for mantaining a certain specific range of temperature you want. So i think that hovabators are good for winters, but utterly useless in hot summer days. I'd still like a cooler. Or heck, why doesnt someone invent a device that is like a box with a heater and coller all in one? Man...they'd certainly earn a lot from the reptiel people!

WOW.... that is warm!
Have you considered a styrofoam cooler to keep the shoebox with the eggs in? You can purchase them inexpensively - so I would get one and place a digital thermometer inside - see what the temps are for at least a 48 hr period.
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