homemade incubator

[RaiseD]

Hi yall,

My 3 year old female okeetee just gave me a nice clutch of 15 eggs and i was just wondering if you guys could tell me how to make my own incubator in order to see them hatch someday...Otherwise ill have to take them to the snake shop so they can take care of my eggs. Only thing is that they will ask me to give them half of the eggs as a price.

Thanks a lot

RaiseD

 

[arandani]

Have you attempted to search this forum yet? There are about eight different threads with info pretaining to what you are looking for..good luck with those eggs!

 

[Joni Garcia]

I personally haven't made an incubator, but hope to in a couple years when my snows are big enough to breed. Here's a good thread about one made by Drizzt80. I know he takes very good care of his snakes, and this design looks like would do a good job... but be easy to make. Check it out. I hope it helps and good luck.

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20350&highlight=incubator

 

[SnakeNutt]

If you live in the South, or if you have a room in your house that you keep between say about 75 and 85 degrees in the summer, you could try the room-temperature method -- just leave them in that room (in a container with most sphagnum moss and a lid, of course) and let them hatch without an incubator. I did that last summer with lots of my eggs -- kept them out in my un-airconditioned garage. The only problem with that is that hatch times can really vary -- the ones I put out later (say in late June) hatched more quickly (65 to 66 days) than the ones I'd put out there in late May (when the temps stayed more toward the lower 70s.

This year, I'm trying something different. I have a large glass aquarium (about 3-1/2 feet long) that I've used in the past as a viv for various corns. On the end without the heat mat, the temps just above the aspen bedding stay between 79 to 82 degrees. So, rather than using the aquarium as a viv, I'm using it this year as an incubator, just putting in each clutch in its own container and keeping an eye on the humidity in each container (just damp enough, but not dry either).

 

[RaiseD]

That's exactly what we've done: We used the male's vivarium as the incubator and put both of the snake together until they hatch

Thanks,
RaiseD

 

[QuesarVII]

I'm using a plastic shoebox with vermiculite. There is a heating pad underneath controlled by a thermostat set to 80.

 

[RaiseD]

same here...

 

[magick-bears]

A few Links

Here are a few links on making inexpesive incubators out of coolers. Some are very simple and others more complex. I hope they help.

~Jeff C.

http://www.familyzoo.us/how_to_build_an_incubator.htm {more complex}

http://www.saltwaterreptiles.com/mo...ns&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=27&page=1 {very simple, I have made one like this and had great results}

http://dragonflyreptiles.com/incubator.htm

http://www.kingsnake.com/salceies/Incubator.htm

 

[cdp13075]

I had a homemade one for awhile until my cats found it and chewed chunks out of it. Have you looked in any feed stores in your area? My last one came from a feed store. Cost like $20 and works great.

 

[hediki]

http://www.freewebs.com/kwaine1/diy.htm

 

[lefty_mussolini]

What I did

I just used an old cooler. My room's temps are suitable usually (socal) but the cooler enables me to control the temps a little better (79-82 degrees.) I got lucky with the cooler I had because it had these raised parts on the sides which my plastic shoeboxes (with vermiculite and eggs of course) fit with perfectly. So I turned it upright and can fit up to 4 shoeboxes. In the pic yo can see the heatpad on the bottom for temp control, and I am installing a fan today.