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I am going to breed kenyan sand boas and childrens pythons, and if I can get my hands on them some house snakes in the near future when I convince my parents or buy the snakes. The kenyans need no incubator as they give live birth but the others do. To get an incubator running could I buy a submersible heater and set it to the temp like for childrens I need about an 84 temp. would a ten gallon or a styrophoam box work better? I would use the bricks to keep it out of the water and should I put the water up to the container with the eggs or slightly onto it not over like 1/2 inch onto? Would this work right? and what should I use? Once I get the best ideas I will toy around with it to get perfect temps.
Thanks for your responses Josh
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thanks Josh

0.0.1 vine snake
1.1.0 turtles
0.1.0 greek tortoise
1.0.0 ball python
1.0.0 corn snake
1.0.0 childrens python
1.0.0 het for albino san diego gopher snake
0.0.1 sunbeam snake(any help with these guys even when not on a post about them will help thanks)
0.0.1 rosehair tarantula
0.1. black and white kenyan sand boa
some mice
and what ever lizards my vine snake hasn't eaten yet

I'm not the incubator guru by all means but here's my take on your questions.

The water is for humidity only. It should not reach the egg container. You will need a temperature and prefereably a humidity gauge to monitor air temperature. It may vary at what you set the water temperature at.

Whatever container you use must resist temperature change. A glass aquarium won't be ideal for this. The styrofoam will be much better, but be carefull your water heater doesn't melt/burn the styrofoam. You may need to puncture holes in it to adjust the humidity.

Ian