Incubating corn eggs

[Chris Steele]

Whats the best way to incubate them? What materials will I need?

[Jeff_Favelle]

Keep them at 84F. The only materials you need are an incubator.

[Chris Steele]

Oh, I thought you could use shoeboxes and stuff like that to make incubators?

Where can I get a cheap incubator?

[reverendsterlin]

lol, I keep mine in a rubbermaid on spagnum under the bathroom sink, a buddy with an air-conditioned apartment keeps his in a rubbermaid on spagnum on the back of the fridge. we both get good (not great ~80%) hatch-rates.

[Chris Steele]

cool, so you just remove them from the snakes cage without flipping them and then stick them in there...do you use anything to put around the eggs? an insulator or anything?

[BoidKeeper]

Go to my gallery and you will see a step by step guide to building an incubator. It works great and it's thanks in most part to Jeff Favelle.
Cheers,
Trevor

[reverendsterlin]

for me, I specialize lol, I use a double tray rubbermaid one side for eggs in damp spagnum the other in soaking wet spagnum without spagnum. my partner uses a single compartment and sprays lightly every other day.

[reverendsterlin]

er without eggs lol, sorry

[Chris Steele]

Trevor, can you give me a link to your gallery...I dont know how to find it, where are the galleries?

[BoidKeeper]

Go to the gallery and type in Boidkeeper in the search field that should do it.
Trevor

[Jeff_Favelle]

Even easier, click on the little camera beside "Boidkeeper" 's name beside any one of his posts. Bam!....takes you right there.

[BoidKeeper]

oh ya, that will work too, has anyone seen my pills?
Trevor

[Thomas]

cool pics Trevor

[BoidKeeper]

Thanks Thomas. After all the question I asked I felt that pics would help the next person who asked how to make one if they were visual like me. I've made two this year and they are both working great. The only tip I can offer is don't skip on the heater I bought a low end one and the best one and setting them is night and day.
Cheers,
Trevor

[crazyboy]

also you can put like 3 or 4 inches of waer in a fishtank hen stick a fishtank heater in it , put two bricks in the water and then put the eggs in a plastic shoebox and put the shoebox on top of the bricks

[vanderkm]

Trevor - question on your heater - you have it lying completely underwater - is is one that is specifically made to be submersible or is it one that says not to submerse in water? I have heard that people use the ones that have a maximum water line on them by putting them flat completely under water, but I have not gotten the courage to try that this year. If yours is a good submersible one, what brand is it?

great photos - I am also using a modification of Jeff's design, but trying it with the eggs on a rack, not in the vermiculite.

Mary v.

[Invictus]

I can't remember what brand the submersible I bought is, but I know it was a $50, 200 watt unit. It includes thermostat, so when it reaches the set temp, it shuts off. Totally worth the money - it gets the temp in the incubator right to where I want it and keeps it there.

[WingedWolf]

If you're really lazy, you can put a tupperware container with moistened vermiculite and a few air holes (optional, or you can crack the lid every few days), and stick it in the part of your snake's enclosure that is at the right temperature. Snake won't mind, it's just another climbing structure. <g> Also helps you remember to check it, as you can crack it an check the humidity when you go in to change the water bowl.

This works if you have only a single clutch and a few animals, if you have more an incubator would be more convenient.