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>>In the old days when I had more eggs i had a different setup.
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>>These days with the down economy I give some eggs to the dog and some to the kingsnakes
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>>How have the snakes in the wild done it for millions of years w/o a incubator?
>>Every year in this forum some guy always cooks his eggs in one of those.Last year some guy posts the question"How do I incubate my snake eggs? Should I buy a incubator?"
>>He got several great answers to his post but never read them.
>>Two days later he had another post.
>>"Can eggs withstand 100 degrees"
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>> Doug L



I will bet my container costs less then yours as it was FREE!!

Define incubator and I think you will find what you are doing as minimalistic as it is, still is considered a incubator and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. HOWEVER;

Its interesting this idea of everyone's setup is the same, while I have a snake room its not heated nor is it cooled the temps change every day and for me since each one of my cages is setup for that particular species of snake the incubator will work in much the same way. From day to day my rooms throughout my house including my snake room will fluctuate from 5-15 degrees depending on how sunny it was that day and what the night time temps are, however my constant room is my basement which stays year round 48-55 degrees far to cool to hatch my eggs, thus I use a free incubator with tools that make sure nothing goes wrong, the incubator holds in the humidity and heat.

Speaking of this idea of snakes not using incubators that isn't true, King cobras will build nests and while it may not look like an incubator to us using a temp gun tells another story, it will also keep out the rain but holds in the humidity.

Once last thought snakes don't live is this constant unnatural temp gradient that "heating or cooling" a snake room provides, they seek out what meets there needs and its probably not a 80 degree room that doesn't change throughout the day or even night.. If I go outside and look for an eastern king I can bet the temps will greatly change from sunup to sun down my Snake room in a way mimics that. Not that I can mimic everything in nature my cages do have ranges from low 60s-90s depending on the year.


My example can be very cheap less then 50 bucks or lots more depending on the direction that you feel will yield the best results.
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Jason A.
"Long time Herper, first year Breeder `07."

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