Where to get an incubator?

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Originally Posted by Shadera

My first one I built out of a proofing/hot box, worked fairly nicely. Most recently, I threw one together out of a big cooler I got at wally world and some stuff I had lying around. Holds temps to within a half degree variance over the day.

You can pretty much make one out of anything. I wish we had an extra closet, I'd rig one up outta that.

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I have a giant closet =]. There's 3 rooms in my house with massive closets :D. I got one of 'em, and the other my sister uses as an office. She told me to put an incubator or another rack in the closet... It's a walk-in closet... lol. Her and her fiance's room is HUGE and about 3x the size of my room it seems like lol, so they're just going to get a wardrobe.

I built both of my incubator, when I started I build a cooler incubator capable of holding 8 egg boxes, sold it and built a new one with an old fridge this time capable of holding 20 to 30 egg boxes.

I just finished building mine last night using this tutorial by twistedtails...http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...bator-Tutorial.

I am not very handy, but had a very easy time building it because of his GREAT write-up. I found a working wine cooler with a glass door on Craigslist for $70. All together I spent about $275 including a new Herpstat 1.

Here's a crappy pic...(The eggs in there are snapping turtle eggs in case anyone was wondering).

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/x.../incubator.jpg

I bought mine from Nature's Spirit. Very simple, but I didn't want to take a chance with my eggs by making one myself at the time. Now that I have the design in front of me I can build more if needed. Sometimes peace of mind is worth the extra cash.

When it is time for me to get one, i will be getting....
http://www.hotboxincubators.com/#!incubators/vstc1=m-36

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Originally Posted by h00blah

I have a giant closet =]. There's 3 rooms in my house with massive closets :D. I got one of 'em, and the other my sister uses as an office. She told me to put an incubator or another rack in the closet... It's a walk-in closet... lol. Her and her fiance's room is HUGE and about 3x the size of my room it seems like lol, so they're just going to get a wardrobe.

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Slap an oil filled heater, fan, and thermostat in there! :rofl:

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/...ons/th_028.jpg

Built this one for about 40.00 plus the cost of the Helix.
Found the freezer at a repair shop that they couldn't fix.
Bought the light sockets and wire at Lowes
Computer fan and 12v converter from Radio Shack

Travis

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/...ragons/028.jpg
Travis

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Originally Posted by BPro927

When it is time for me to get one, i will be getting....
http://www.hotboxincubators.com/#!incubators/vstc1=m-36

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There ya go! While I haven't used their bators yet, I did mess with them at the show and they seem solid. I should be picking one up soon.

I made one out of a 150qt marine cooler. Holds up to 10 clutches.