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my leo is about to lay her eggs and i have a 10 gallon tank. and a 50 watt under water heater, i have perlite and a cricket keeper to put the perlite in the criket keeper. i dont know what else to do. please help.

Is it A homemade incubator? have you checked temps in it yet?
I wouldn't use the cricket keeper for the eggs, try to find a rubbermade container or a deli cup and put just a few holes in the top. the cricket keeper won't keep the humidity up.
Perlit 1/.8water

The you need to put the eggs with a temp somewhere between 80-90 degrees.
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Sara

i have the rubber maid and yes it is a home made one.i am testing it right now

Do some research on the internet there are lots of places with good information.

should i have the water touching the container where the eggs are or not?

is this ok? i have a 10 gallon tank with a 50 watt
> under tank heater. this is my plan, can u tell me if
> it will work? i will fill the tank with about 6 inches
> of water, i will put the uwh (under water heater) in
> and lay the rack on top,then i will mix the perlite in
> the tubawear container and put the eggs in, then ill
> poke some wholes in the top of the container 4-5
> maybe. then ill put the thermometer in with the
> eggs.then ill put ceran wrap un the top of the tank
> with about 10-15 little holes and let it incubate.
> does this sound good.sorry its so long.

I don't know anything about homemade incubators so I can't really help you. BUt you need to have the temps where they will stay within a few degrees and not fluctuate more then a degree or 2. I honestly recomend you get a hovabator before her next clutch. You can find them for about $35-45
ebay
LLLreptile
are a few places.
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Sara

for all u leo breeders that use home made incubators , how do u do it? will this work? at dreamgecko.com,where he has his in the breeder section.any help is good help.-thanks

http://members.aol.com/TheWyvernsLair/incubator.html

i found this link... i actually bought a havobator online instead of trying to make an incubator, but maybe this website could help you out