Incubator

[Napeesh]

I found one that i like. It doesnt have a fan. If they are containered it that going to cause a problem? The eggs i mean.

[marisa]

You don't want one with a fan. Fans dry out reptile eggs.

Marisa

[Napeesh]

That is what i thought. I like being right...lol. Thanks everyone.

[crocdoc]

Hmm... actually, the earlier poster was correct when they said that fans don't dry out reptile eggs because the reptile eggs are in a container.

[Napeesh]

but do the fans do anything of purpose? With the eggs in containers does it make a difference if I dont have a fan?

[crocdoc]

fans make sure the temperature is consistent throughout the incubator, so there aren't hotter areas and cooler areas. Otherwise the top of the incubator will always be warmer than the bottom. This only matters if you have a tall incubator and are incubating animals with very specific incubation requirements. Shallow incubators are less of an issue. Even taller incubators without a fan are fine as long as you are aware of the temperatures of the individual levels. I used an incubator without a fan and got an average difference of 50 days in incubation times between clutches raised on different shelves (one clutch was incubated at around 1C warmer than the other). The difference with reptiles that have shorter overall incubation times wouldn't be as great.

[Napeesh]

I would be incubating leopard gecko eggs or fire skink eggs. The incubator i am getting is a hovabator and is shallow. I just was to incubate eggs and hatch them.