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I was recently trying to come up with a solutions to some temperature problems I had last year with my hovabator. The ambient temp in my bedroom (where the incubator is) changes so that meant the temp in the incubator changed. I lost alot of eggs before realizing it wasn't the incubators falt it was my rooms falt..lol. I thought about a cooler to set the incubator in but couldn't find one big enough or in the shape of a square. Then I tried to find a different room to put it in where the temp is steadier. Last night it dawned on me, how about one of those thermal blankets that the army uses and you find in fist aid kits. I could lay it on and it would keep the incubator in it's own enviroment. I looked online and found one for $2! I'm going to see if I can get it at like wal-mart so I won't have to pay shipping. I've used one before for other things and htey work great at keeping heat in. I'll let you know what I find out after I use it. Alot of people might want to consider this if they can't keep their incubator temp steady. Any comments on this?
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Katie F.
Peach State Geckos
Breeding Mealworms
My Email

Before I got t he hovabator, I read everything I could on them and leo eggs. even on the paper that comes with it, it sais you need to put it in a room thats contant temped.

I put mine in my hallway, next to my room where there is no sun durring the day. My room, I keep the window blinds open to let the geckos have some real light and temp. So my room gets in the the 80's every day. My wallway stays in the same temp range all day and night.

Im glad you figured it out though.

Last year I lost 1 egg, and I don't even think it was fertile.

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Austin-WiteLeo
Leopard Geckos
3.2.2
Brothers
2

I did think my room had a pretty constant temp, but just recently when it started getting super cold did I wonder. I put a thermometer in my room that records the lowest and highest temp, so in the morning I went and looked at it. There's no place in my house that holds a constant temp so that why I started looking for ways to prevent anything happening to the eggs now that breeding season is upon us. I thought maybe my idea would help someone else who was having the same problem.
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Katie F.
Peach State Geckos
Breeding Mealworms
My Email

its a good idea.
Did you bever get any deformed babies, out of the ones that did hatch? Having temp flips, that happens.

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Austin-WiteLeo
Leopard Geckos
3.2.2
Brothers
2

I just had one hatch with no eyelids and a swollen throught also it didn't absorbe the yolk sack.
do you think this is due to temp flux
BIll
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Leos
1.0 Blizzard "Mr.Freeze" AKA " SID VICIOUS"
1.0 SHCT Baldy "Thor"
0.2 Tremper Albinos "Betty & Pinky"
0.1 SHCT Baldy "Lemon"
0.1 Hypo Tang "Sherbert"
0.1 Hypo Golden "Dott"
0.2 juveniles " Spot & White Stripe"
0.0.4 hatchlings wooo hoooo
Boas
0.1 Nicaraguan "Peaches"

Domestic Livestock

0.1 WIFE "PAM"
0.2 Daughters "Haleigh & Chloe"

Canines
1.0 Beagle "Chance"
0.1 Pit rodesian ridgeback mix "Missy"

Yes, that is becuase of the eggs container moved 2-3 degrees durring its growth.

Sometimes changing the temps can be a good thing, such as how Ron Tremper gets his bright and shiney leo's.

He waits till they have been in the incubator for 2 weeks then moves there temps from 80 to 90 to get bright colored females. I think that is it....

Hear it is, READ THIS... http://www.leopardgecko.com/color.html

Some people here have tried this and got a nothing but hat and cold males and females and deformations.

Even if this does work, its still a fake leo on the outside, its genes will not pass on to the babies as such bright coloring.

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Austin-WiteLeo
Leopard Geckos
3.2.2
Brothers
2

i've had my Hovobator for over a year now, when iu first got it, it took about 10 mins to get the temps right (88*f)

right now the incubator is in my room next to my racks and such, the temps in my from fluctuate from 75-65*f at night..pretty much the same in the day time..but i've had the incubator on for over 7 months now and i've only seen it drop to 87*f once, maybe its just more effective..or maybe temp fluctuations dont happen ALL the time

with the tremper method..its not really the geckos fake color..if it was incubated at 90*f the whole time it would still hatch out bright, temps in the incubator effect color as well, when it is constantly low many females will come out very dark..

what he is doing is locking in the females sex, then upping the temps so she doesnt darken with age

there has been a few people who kept their hatchlings that were incubated at a low temp in a high temp while growing, higest i think was 97*f..not somthing i would reccomend but it grew and is night and bright 2 years later..
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Dan Quinn