DIY incubators??

[Thezillaman21]

hey i dont have eggs but im trying to find the cheapest most successful way to incubate eggs for a long period of time. has anyone tried this?
http://hatchingincubators.com/16/diy_incubator_for_reptiles.html

thanks for letting me know...any suggestions???

 

[JackP308]

cheapest most successful thing probably tupperware at the dollar store in a drawer or something


if temp control is needed then you're probably not going to want to go cheap route.

 

[kinyonga]

I've used a people's heating pad with a screen and wood frame over it for years. The frame is made so it leaves a couple of inches between the incubating containers and the heat pad and the heat pad raised/set so the temperature in the containers is in the mid 70's F. I have the setup in the basement and I put a piece of cardboard around it to keep the light out (box with no lid or bottom).

I've hatched turtles/tortoises, water dragons, different species of geckos, chameleons etc. Using this method.

 

[Thezillaman21]

I'm just curious. I'm getting a k. Multi from seeco and Im worried about the 11-13month incubation period. I can be absent minded. Is it harder to hatch crickets or chameleons? Cuz iv almost did crickets ok. Hopefully using vermiculite will give me the edge I need. I don't wanna loose a clutch especially after talking my parents into letting me raise chameleons.

 

[Seeco]

Hey dude if you are worried just get a real incubator. The repti pro 6000 is what i am using right now. It sucks but gets the job done. It was about 160. You only have to sell one baby to pay it off...

Im ready to ship to you btw...

 

[Mmcbain1]

My incubators in the past were always a 10 or 20 gallon aquirium with an inch or two of water. In the water there was a submersible fish tank heater 50 -100 watts total cost maybe $30. Most heaters like this have a thermastat. in the water i had a stand which stood out of the water and ontop i would put my tupperware containers with vermiculite. Inside of the containers I would have temperature gauges and humidity gauges. I would always set everything up before the eggs came so i could dial it in to make it perfect.