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 Posted - 01/05/2009 : 19:31:00
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Hey was hoping someone could help me? I'm looking at breeding my snakes and woundered about incubators, where are the best places to buy? or should you make your own, if so how do you do it and what type of equipment do you need
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0.1.0 bithch
1.0.0 Cali king
1.0.0 classic corn
2.0.0 dogs
0.1.0 mecican red
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Brookestar
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/05/2009 : 21:27:23
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| buyin one is your best option if you have the money to and any decent rep shop should get you one. on making you own its quite simple. you need a polystyrene box like fish come in to pet shops (i asked a pet shop if i could buy one off them and they gave it me for free). the rest of the stuff is a heat mat thermostat and other appliances you have in viv. about the assembly however best off waitin for GP or someone as i have been told so much about it and am only new this yr anyway |
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Fat Paul
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/05/2009 : 22:08:06
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Hi bristow1979, I made an incubator recently - much cheaper than buying.
You need a polysterene box (aquatic pet shop should have one that you can beg - they get aquariums in them)
You also need a thermostat and digital thermometer - ebay or reptile shop
And a heat mat
I filled the bottom with sand which I keep really wet, attached the heat mat to the wall of the box and put my eggs in a bowl of vermiculat (kept damp).
Put sensors for thermostat and digital thermometer next to eggs and cover eggs with slightly damp moss.
I also keep a spray bottle of water in the incubator so that I can boost the humidity without dropping the temp.
9 weeks later your eggs should be cooked to perfection!!!
Hope this helps |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/05/2009 : 22:28:25
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| i've done the poly box method too but my heatmat is on the bottom of the poly box with the tub of eggs on top of it. |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Tizzy
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/05/2009 : 22:45:16
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So i do stick the stat sensor in the vermiculite then?
spaggy moss on top of the eggs and wet playsand over the heat mat/ under the tub?
One more question - do i need to put a lid on the plastic tub or not?
Gutted that the last clutch went black, smelly and mouldy and want to make sure i get it 100% right this time. |
3.2.0 corns 0.3.1 Leopard Geckos, 0.1.0 Mad Staffys 1.0.0 Moggie. 1.2.0. Devils in training.
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Fat Paul
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/05/2009 : 16:17:18
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I never put a lid on my tub with the eggs in, but obviously a lid on the poly box or you loose your heat/moisture.
the rest seems right though - I put my sensor on top of the eggs under the moss, but I dont see why it should'nt be in the vermiculate.
just make sure that its up and running at temp/humidity before you put the eggs in.
Good luck. |
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Tizzy
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/05/2009 : 17:07:55
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Cheers Paul, off to the local fish shop tomorrow they gave us a couple of big polyboxes when we moved house a few years back. Hopfully they'll do the same again, although they're now selling rep stuff so might have to pay fot it this time.
I had a lid on my egg container last time, think thats where i may have gone wrong, had holes but maybe not enough ventalation? |
3.2.0 corns 0.3.1 Leopard Geckos, 0.1.0 Mad Staffys 1.0.0 Moggie. 1.2.0. Devils in training.
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Fat Paul
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/05/2009 : 21:32:38
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Posted - 13/05/2009 : 14:34:11
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Craig,
my corn has just laid eggs, looking at ya settup ,
ive got the box but put my heat mat on bottom
stuck bammboo stick arcoss from side to side about 3 inchs above matt
iv put the medium in a tub for the eggs the ? is
do i need o keep the lid on the tub or leave it off
temp in the tub is 27..
cheers
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/05/2009 : 20:29:42
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I too use a poly box home made jobby, but my heat mat is on the lid which eliminates any condensation from forming at the top and dripping down.
If you choose to make your own, get hold of a pulse thermostat, they keep a much steadier temperature than a mat stat (mine has fluctuated 0.1 deg C over a week) |
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