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Just a quick question. A friend of mine is breeding her Savannahs and asked me if her chicken incubator would work instead of having to buy a reptile incubator. I didn't know the answer. Since I have always used one designed for reps specifically.
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Bosc monitors to breed would also know that reptile eggs are completely different than bird eggs. Reptile eggs require high humidity around them. Which in the case of larger eggs requires a certain mass of substrate for the proper amount of moisture so the eggs will grow and hatch. They can lay alot of eggs, up to 60 as a matter of fact, thats a big incubator for that many eggs.
Nobody breeds them now in North America, ask Ravi for specifics, he was the last one.

Thats what I figured about the humidity factor. But then...I've never seen a chicken incubator. So I wouldnt really know how much humidity they can put off. She said its big enough to handle all the eggs. But the humidity level like you said and I had guessed isnt high enough then.
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The size of the eggs, and amounts determine the amount of perlite that is needed to provide moisture to be absorbed by the eggs and allow the baby inside to grow. The perlite goes in a plastic box (again size determined by the eggs)after it has been dampened in water, with a few small holes in the box for fresh air exchange. The box or boxes then go in an incubator set between 81-86f (Im guessing its best to set it for the middle). I make sure when certain people here and on other forums talk about incubation I read it so that it might come in handy someday.

if the incubator is large enough to hold a large egg box or two and the thermostat can be set for the correct temperature for monitor eggs (lower temps than for bird eggs), then it can be used for reptile eggs. The humidity can be contained within the egg boxes, rather than the incubator.