How to Make a Simple Reptile Incubator

Wow, that looks awesome, let us know how it's working for ya!.. I'll be makin' mine in a few weeks when my female lays...

Thanks!
Works super great! All I have to do is add water to the bottom every few days and check on the eggs The temp says within 1 degree.

i used this setup last year with STELLAR results.... 100% hatch!

I've used almost the exact same set up to hatch a couple clutches of bearded dragons and some leopard geckos, awsome hatch rate! It may not be pretty but it works.

Last year I used a syrofoam cooler....and had to keep checking it all the time...and had one egg not hatch

This incub. is working awsome. The temp and humidity are always the same.

It's great!

Well, finally after a few weeks of waiting she finally laid, the first pic is my rendition of this incubator, & also the Eggs! Enjoy..

I am currently using a polystyrene box, a heat mat and a pulse perjwhagdceadsjfhsomethingandanother theromostat with a digital thermomiter, was used by the lady that bred my sisters corn and two of my beardies

Originally Posted by Marshall_P

Reptile incubators tend to be expensive, and aren't economical if you have more than one clutch to incubate.

How exactly are reptile incubators not economical when you have more then one clutch to incubate? I can fit at least 100 cornsnake clutches in my one incubator and it only takes up the space of one of my 15/32qt racks.

Originally Posted by Joejr14

You can also get a large cooler and a UTH with a rheostat and do the same thing without the mess of water.

That's what I moved to last year, and it worked great last year. I still had some mold/fungus, but I don't think it was nearly as bad as when I used the wetter method previous years.

I think the cooler (100 Qt.??) was on sale for $69.99 last year (reg. $99?). Simple strip of 4" flexwatt (I had a UTH on the bottom last year) keeps the temps within a degree from top to bottom . . . there's a computer fan to circulate the air that you can't see in the pic.

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Here's a recent pic:

Well, seeing as Brent posted his, I thought I'd share pics of one of mine

The second pic shows where I cut out little windows in the front, which I then cover on the inside with a piece of clear plastic. I place the thermometer/hygrometer in the incubator, then I can shine a torch through the window to view the reading on the thermometer, without having to open the lid The thermometer and thermostat probes go in one of the incubation boxes as close to the middle as possible. This has worked for three years and still going strong

I can fit 3 to 6 clutches in there, depending on size of clutch and size of container, and I have two set up at the moment, as we also have Leopard gecko eggs incubating

Total cost approx £45