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Old 02-11-10, 09:34 AM   #1
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Home made incubator


I`ve just finished converting an old arborial vivarium I made into an incubator. I`m replacing my viv`s with Herptek ones gradually so I`ve gotten rid of a lot of the stuff I made myself. I thought this one would do as an incubator though. I cut all the glass myself too lol quite pleased with that lol I figured the glass shelves would allow heat transfer throughout the incubator. As for the glass front, I`ve seen that a lot of people use old fridges and similar things which wouldn`t have the potential problems of glass I know but this seems to work just fine. I was able to maintain 85 degrees with the smaller mat I had in there, that`s not enough for what I need so I`ve covered the whole back with two huge mats. The heat sensor drops down through the top and can access any tub on any shelf. I`ll probably keep a few babies in this as time goes by too. Thought I`d share being as i`m so pleased with it lol .......
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Old 02-11-10, 11:00 AM   #2
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Wow thats a great job you did there!
I also diy all my stuff and i know it takes real skill to make it look nice.
(cutting glass not my strong point)
Im still on the fridge incubator, prolly build something proper when i incubate as much u do.
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Old 02-11-10, 01:31 PM   #3
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Re: Home made incubator

Nice work, glass would not have been my first choice as a building material for a few reasons, but nice design. What will you be cooking?
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Old 02-11-10, 02:20 PM   #4
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Re: Home made incubator

A glass front isn`t ideal at all, but I`ve just started running it to see how it goes, I`ve got ninety at the back at the moment, I`ll have a better idea of how it`s going over the next day or two I suppose. I could always make a cover for the front, something that clips on and prevents heat loss through the glass. I didn`t think I could cut glass either until I read of a great tip, use olive oil along the cutting line works about 97% of the time. A fridge or something would have been a lot better I know but this will certainly have it`s uses. My Western Hognoses are mating at the moment, one witnessed copulation so far so they`ll be the first eggs in there. Closley followed by Amelnastic Corn snake and then, fingers crossed my nine foot 50-50 Jungle Jaguar will work his magic on my female Jungle Carpet, again, one witnessed copulation. I`m resting my big Ball python female as she`s had surgery this year. I`m really getting excited about the breeding program now, I`ve only bred Corns before but I plan to breed most of the snakes I own when they`re ready. My Bloods should be fun......
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Old 02-11-10, 02:30 PM   #5
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Re: Home made incubator

Oops, wrote that twice and can`t delete posts....
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Old 02-11-10, 04:11 PM   #6
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Wow! Thats beautiful! Nice work!:P
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Old 02-11-10, 05:44 PM   #7
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Thanks With a bit of luck I`ll fill it with beautiful babies before too long....
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Old 02-12-10, 07:43 AM   #8
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Ill try olive oil next time, we use turpentine but i think its mostly to blame on the surface we work, our works table is lil warped, thanks for the tip.
Are those bloodred corns u talking about? I had a beautiful female, pure blood they really pretty.
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Old 02-12-10, 02:16 PM   #9
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No I was talking about my Blood pythons, although.... mmm.... blood red Corns They sound nice ! I`d happily keep more Corns than I have, they`re great snakes.
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Nice job it looks cool.
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Old 02-13-10, 12:55 AM   #11
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Thats what they call them here maybe you just have a different name to it?
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Old 02-16-10, 03:50 PM   #12
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Not sure.... I`ll have to look into that though, I`d quite like a blood red Corn
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