Best incubator teperature?

With some t stats you will have a 1-2 degree temp swing and thats OK, I think its very important to incubate on the cooler side. like 87-88* that way if your temps creep up on a warm day. you wont kill the eggs with excessive temperatures. something else I see alot of people doing is playing with the eggs......constantly opening the incubator up to check on them, candleing them every week. just leave them alone and let them develope and hatch. :)

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Originally Posted by ECLARK

With some t stats you will have a 1-2 degree temp swing and thats OK, I think its very important to incubate on the cooler side. like 87-88* that way if your temps creep up on a warm day. you wont kill the eggs with excessive temperatures. something else I see alot of people doing is playing with the eggs......constantly opening the incubator up to check on them, candleing them every week. just leave them alone and let them develope and hatch. :)

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That's my wife. Wants to candle them all the time. LOL Just let them hatch in peace!

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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle

That's my wife. Wants to candle them all the time. LOL Just let them hatch in peace!

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No candling here. I have a bit of superstition and I don't really need to know. Ball Python breeding is very much about patience and I find that leaving them alone exercises my patience and in the long run will make me less of a lunatic (or not).

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Originally Posted by ECLARK

With some t stats you will have a 1-2 degree temp swing and thats OK, I think its very important to incubate on the cooler side. like 87-88* that way if your temps creep up on a warm day. you wont kill the eggs with excessive temperatures. something else I see alot of people doing is playing with the eggs......constantly opening the incubator up to check on them, candleing them every week. just leave them alone and let them develope and hatch. :)

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Excellent post ED!!!! :sweeet:

-adam

OK.... while we're on the subject, my humidity in the tubs dropped to 50%? So I added enough water to THE SIDES of the Verm. This got it back up to 80-85%.... humidity. Should I continue to add water till it gets back up to 100%?

Gentle spanking for Laooda...... the humidity does not have to be at 100% all the time, if you mix the vermiculite and water properly at the start...there is no need to add water. thats why I like a generous 50/50 mixture. and I also would like to recommend not peeking and opening the incubator all the time. another good idea would be to add a couple bowls of water to inside the incubator, they will do wonders to keep the humidity up. just relax and let those eggs cook. I want to see your baby ball pythons.........True.:P

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Originally Posted by Laooda

OK.... while we're on the subject, my humidity in the tubs dropped to 50%? So I added enough water to THE SIDES of the Verm. This got it back up to 80-85%.... humidity. Should I continue to add water till it gets back up to 100%?

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I use 89.6....

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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle

It depends on the incubator and how much temps change outside incubator. Most incubators heat but don't cool. So if you are at the higher end of temps and room heats up, the incubator heats up too and may get too hot. I like to keep mine at 88 so I have room if the room should heat up.

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I ran into this problem with my converted frige. When the room would heat up to 80 during some days the incubator temps would read over 95! I fixed the problem by venting the incubator out with some 3/8 holes drilled in the back and sides it's been spot on ever since even with room temps changing 70-81 degrees

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Originally Posted by Larry Suttles

I ran into this problem with my converted frige. When the room would heat up to 80 during some days the incubator temps would read over 95! I fixed the problem by venting the incubator out with some 3/8 holes drilled in the back and sides it's been spot on ever since even with room temps changing 70-81 degrees

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Very good to know. This is also why they suggest testing your incubator out for weeks even a month or so before your expecting eggs. It'll be easier and less stressful to make changes with our eggs in it.

Thanks everyone.. I appreciate it :)