Would this be suitable as an incubator?

I wont have my first clutch for a while maybe in November. But i know there is no way i will ever spend 700 bucks on a fridge that has been converted to an " Incubator " Now my question is what is everyone's view on hovabator as an incubator and what model should i get when and if i buy one. Do i need to tweak or add onto it? & My friend is doing something that I dont know if its okay or not so I'm asking on here. He got a clutch that he didn't even know was coming. He cleaned out the cages and put his male and female together for about 2 hours. He said he didn't see a lock or her buff up due to to the eggs. Now he has 6 eggs that are fertile so we know where they came from. What he did was slap together a rubber maid container, put hatch right in it, put a uth under it, and a thermostat to control the heat. His temps are saying 90.91 i told his thats a degree over but it tends to drop a degree of two when it want to but it doesnt get hotter than that. He put plastic on top of the contanier itself then the lid on top of the plastic to hold in the humidity. Is this all right or should i kick his butt and tell him to go pick up a hovabator before they die?

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Hi,


I have never used a hovabator but heres my unedumacated tuppence worth. :D

Any insulated box on a good thermostat calibrated well should be fine.

I would be wary of incubating at that high a temp simply because the eggs themselves give off heat near the end of incubation and I would worry it got too hot in the egg box itself.

I used to use 88f on mine but this year have dropped it down a little to 87- 87.3f after reading Jamies post to see what happens.

I am using a fishtank with inch thick polystyrene siliconed all round and the bottom with more formed into a lid.

I think the insulation really helps control temp swings.

I don't know why an old fridge, thermostat, flexwatt and a couple of computer fans would cost you $700 though?


dr del

Check craigs list, in the free section i have gotten so far a working semi mini fridge, a working chest freezer, a 20 gallon tank, and a desk.
All you need after that is flexwatt and a t stat which shouldnt be that much money

Yeah, the free ads on CL or calling appliance repair shops (sometimes they have broken wine coolers or small fridges that they'll give away) are the best places for incubators. After that, all you need is some flexwatt and a good t-stat. Shouldn't cost more than $150.

Heck I got a used glass fronted fridge that was once used to sell bait worms out of for $10.00. Gave it a good scrubbing, added in flexwatt, the tstat and so forth and bingo....snake egg incubator.