>>well i dont have the luxury of a heated snake room, i live in an apartment and my rack is in my living room, im using an incubator to keep the eggs an a CONSTANT temperature, if you dont like my ideas or questions please simply do not respond but if you have useful information that you are willing to share please do and it is greatly appreciate, i bought a still air incubator today at the tractor supply nothing big just something small hopefully this will work for me because i am going to use it its just a stryo foam box with a thermostat in it. do i need to buy some small plastic boxes and put vermiculite in them and place the eggs in the box and then the box in the bator? or can i just put vermiculite in the incubator and call it good?



I been using the styrofoam incubator set at 82 degrees for about 8 years now, in a 65-75 degree house with no problems

I put about a 1/2 inch of water in the bottom to keep humitity up, fill all empty rack space with your plastic boxes with vermiculite in them to keep your heat stable, and the heater won't cycle as much. I also cover my boxs with sran wrap and poke a few holes in it for added humitity. When eggs start to hatch,I remove the wrap, and cover the plastic box with a small piece of glass just to keep them secure in their boxes when your not there.

The only problem I see with these Incubator boxes is that you need to keep a eye on the eggs directly under the heat sorce, that they don't dry out.

Its what ever works for you and the climate your in.





Good luck, Bob




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