so completely fed up..

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

I plan on putting a fireplace brick (about an inch high) in, with water, then the grate on top of that. Sound good?
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I use this same method...I would suggest you put some peralite in the water...it keeps it from sloshing around when you move the boxes to check on the eggs. Also you want the water to come up just below the grate but not touching it (say 1/8 inch below it):)

Good Luck and keep your chin up.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

Now Mark just has to get the fridge today; he might have a chest-type old freezer he could get.

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If you can get a freezer it is better insulated than a fridge.. but a fridge is just as good. The hard part is finding one. Once you have that it will take you about 2 hours to make.

For cheap fans take apart some old CPU's in the power units. When you wire them up make sure you use the correct volts.. most are 12v DC. You can get that plug at Radio shack and wire it in. It will convert the 120 down to 12V. Or, If you dont have any fans, Radio shack sells 120V and 12 V fans. The best part about the 120V is no special converter.

Just throwing some cost saving ideas at you.. please dont hesitate to ask for help

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Originally Posted by Sevo

Jen,
If it was easy no one would feel the joy we do.

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That may very well be one of the best quotes I've read in a long time. Very well put Sevo.

And Jen, just my two cents on the chest type freezer. Be aware that if you turn this into an incubator, you stand a good chance of loosing alot of heat whenever you open it, as the cool air will rush to the bottom and force all of the warm air out. My suggestion would be to make sure you fill the bottom of the freezer with some kind of containers filled with water, to aid in holding heat and reheating the incubator once the door is closed again. I'm not saying that this type of freezer won't work, but be cognizant of the extra precautions that may need to be taken.

Sorry to here that GIn, regarding incubators have a look at my website it shows you how to make a homemade one! I'm not trying to plug my sight just trying to help out so please no nasties from anyone.

The web address is www.ukballpythons.com

Hm; I will def. keep that inmind about the chest freezer Tim. I am hoping he can find an older-fashioned smaller fridge.. or maybe even an apartment sized one. That is definately something that I didn't think about. :)
I feel a little better today; last night it was just so depressing. But I know that it is not over, and we will work through this.

I've got a little giant also and have used it to hatch many eggs. I don't use it anymore, but when I did, I threw away the bottom of the incubator and used a styrofoam fish box for the bottom. I was a lot deeper and larger then the old bottom and I could use a larger plastic box in which to hold the eggs. A larger area will help protect against sudden spikes and drops in temperature. It doesn't take much to heat up the smaller area that is present when you use the bottom that the incubator came with.

Mark

Sorry to hear that, sounds like a hovabator to me?

Hang in there! We all have problems sometimes, and it's hard, but we are all pulling for you because we all know you'll do great! I do really like the Nature's Spirit incubators, and the folks over there are top notch.
Wolfy

Thanks again everyone. You all are helping me stay sane through this..

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Originally Posted by muddoc

That may very well be one of the best quotes I've read in a long time. Very well put Sevo.

And Jen, just my two cents on the chest type freezer. Be aware that if you turn this into an incubator, you stand a good chance of loosing alot of heat whenever you open it, as the cool air will rush to the bottom and force all of the warm air out. My suggestion would be to make sure you fill the bottom of the freezer with some kind of containers filled with water, to aid in holding heat and reheating the incubator once the door is closed again. I'm not saying that this type of freezer won't work, but be cognizant of the extra precautions that may need to be taken.

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Tim is right...but an idea I saw was to take it and turn it on end...so the door opens like a normal door (since you don't need the compressor there is no issue doing this)...then install one of these plastic or metal wire shelving units inside to hold the eggs.

Keep us posted.