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I am expecting eggs soon and need advice on how to set up the hovabator turbofan model.

Thanks,
Joe

EGGS JUST LAID!!!!!....HELP!!!!

Also, how are the conditions where your female is? Is she still on them? If she is still on them and the temp/humidity is alright, you ought to leave them with her until you have your hovabator set up and adjusted to a steady temp. but ya, most of all, let us know more specifically what you questions are and I think you will get the help you need.

Ben

Joe,
. I have been using hovabators for years. These incubators are great for most colubrid eggs. IMO the standard and forced air standard size Hovabator is a litle too low for most Python eggs. If you are breeding Burms or Retics you should plan on using a much larger incubator. When incubating Carpet Python eggs I use my Hovabator with several expansion rings so that it is several inches taller than standard. This gets the heating elements up several inches further away from the eggs so that you do not have a situation where the top of the egg is a whole lot warmer than the bottom of the eggs. I have hatched a bunch of Carpet eggs with mine set up like this. Many people cut out the bottom of the hovabator and stick the bottom half of a styrofoam shipping box onto the hovabator. This again makes the incubator taller and gets the eggs further away from the heating element. This is a less expensive option than buying several expansion rings. One of the shortcomings of the hovabator is that you have to adjust the wafer element a couple of times and check the temperature after each adjustment to get it set to the right temperature. Hovabators are excellent at maintaining the temperature AFTER you get them set up and adjusted. Some people place the eggs in plastic boxes inside the hovabator and some people do like I do with vermiculite or perlite right in the bottom of the incubator with no plastic boxes. I bury the eggs about half way into the incubation medium. I use a remote sensor thermometer inside the incubator. I usually open the incubator up to check on humidity and add water about once a week. This is also a good time to remove any totally rotten looking eggs. Eggs that are merely a little ugly looking should be left in the incubator. Live eggs sometimes can get all sorts of crud growing on them and still be okay and eventually hatch.
Good Luck,
Jeff

>>I am expecting eggs soon and need advice on how to set up the hovabator turbofan model.
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>> Thanks,
>> Joe