Just got eggs....help....

[RichieBoo]

Hi everyone been gone for a while...need help .... just got eggs....My brand new incubator is not working.... im gonna let her be with her eggs to tomorrow so i can go buy a new incubator... will she be fine... the tub is reading 90 .....im gonna lower the heat a little because i dont want it to get to hot in there ....over night the heat might rise a little and i dont want to take a chance of frying the eggs...does that sound good....First clutch ever.... thought she did not take....shed was 34 days ago...Thanks for the help

[Christopher De Leon]

If youll have a new incubator by tomorrow, she will be fine with the eggs until then. You dont really have a choice. Just make sure the tub is at least 80% humidity. Ideal incubation temp is 88.

[RichieBoo]

Thanks... forgot about the humidity....just sprayed the tub and put a wet rag in the front of the tub.....

[RichieBoo]

when i set up the egg tub ....i was wondering when u have the tub closed the heat is lower inside the tub itself.. then the incubator inside temp right....cause when i did a practice run my inside temp of the incubator was 89 and inside the egg tub was 80.........this is what i was gonna use...

[RichsBallPythons]

Your fine with a temp of 86-90 with her incubating. Keep RH up and eggs will be fine till they hatched.

What Incubator you getting that will be there tomorrow setup and ready. Most incubators takes days to dial in even ones that worked great previous season.

[RichieBoo]

Going looking tomorrow...worst case i figured a hoverbator...the one i bought is a exo tera and the motor blew 2 weeks on a practice run... what would u suggest....

[Christopher De Leon]

The pic of your egg tub is empty..make sure when you do a test run that your egg tub is set up with the proper water/substrate ratio. Once you have your new incubator and its at the desired temp, put in your completed egg tub. The incubator is gonna heat up the water/substrate in the egg tub and thats how you reach the desired temp in the egg tub. It takes time. Dont put the eggs in the tub until the temp inside the incubator AND tub is correct.

[RichsBallPythons]

Use the broke one still, add flexwatt to it or any UTH you have and add thermostat to it. Id never use hovabator, i would leave eggs with the female before putting them in a hovabator

[RichieBoo]

So in the exo tera where would u put the heat tape floor or side wall

[RichsBallPythons]

Down one of the sides or back