Has anyone used hatchrite?

I bought some this year and wondered how it worked for others.It says you do not need to add water.Is this true? So in your opinions is it better then vermiculite?

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/searc...earchid=152747

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/searc...earchid=152747

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When i click the link it says no matches found :P

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Originally Posted by joepythons

When i click the link it says no matches found :P

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Well that doesn't help you. :)

I posted a similar thread a while ago so I did a search to try to link you to it...in the process I found multiple threads that may help, but apparently I can't link you to the search results.

Just do an advance search and search in the title only 'hatchrite' and you should find 10+ threads that will help.

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

Well that doesn't help you. :)

I posted a similar thread a while ago so I did a search to try to link you to it...in the process I found multiple threads that may help, but apparently I can't link you to the search results.

Just do an advance search and search in the title only 'hatchrite' and you should find 10+ threads that will help.

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Yea i searched and found your thread and others :gj:

I've used it the last three years for four clutches and it's worked great. Very easy to use...never lost an egg and only added water the first year...probably didn't even need to...just paranoid since it was my first clutch ever...

I used it last year, and will probably never use it again...I had to add water like 3 times at 89 degrees. I did lose an egg, but it never candled good, so I'm not chalking that up to the substrate. I'll probably use a substrateless method this year as I only will have one clutch at most, but will probably use vermiculite when I start to get more clutches

I used it for a year without a problem, the second year, I lost a clutch because it dried out (i now check my eggs every two-three days)

They seem to have quality control issues. Some people get a good bag, and some of us get a bad bag. I will not use them again, adding water isn't really effective in that medium.

I've never tried with BP's but have with Gecko/Cham eggs. I have heard great things about it from some people but I wasnt impressed at all. I've always used Vermiculite with no problems.

I used it last year and it seemed really dry. I added water every now and again because my eggs kept denting. This year I'll use up the rest of what I have, but I'm going substrateless.

I used it last year and since it was my first clutch, i was really paranoid. Around day 40 i started putting in a table spoon of water in the corner once / twice a week as the package suggested. I will use it again.

I hear its easier to recover from a mild dry situation than an egg to wett situation.

Someone suggested putting a cup of water in the bottom of the incubator to help with the over all humidity. I figure im about 40 days from eggs this season, and i just received my shipment of Hatchrite..

Lets keep our fingers crossed..

Scuba

Well so far it seems this stuff is worthless :(.Well i will be watching my eggs closely when i get them.Thanks for the info folks :gj:

I bought the bag. I opened it. I looked and felt the product.

I threw it out.

I'll stick with perlite for my crested geckos, I've had great success just controlling humidity myself with water content.

From watching SnakebytesTV it seems BHB uses it for all of their python clutches and a vermiculite mix for the colubrids. I'm not gonna say they're the final word on breeding, but considering the volume they hatch yearly, it obviously works well enough.

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Originally Posted by NewParadigms

From watching SnakebytesTV it seems BHB uses it for all of their python clutches and a vermiculite mix for the colubrids. I'm not gonna say they're the final word on breeding, but considering the volume they hatch yearly, it obviously works well enough.

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Yea i was going to ask Brian how it works for them.

The type of tub you use it in matters I think.
I used it my first season with tubs that had several holes for ventilation and the stuff dried out quickly and I had to add water constantly to keep the humidity up.
Maybe in sealed tubs it would work fine :confused:

I switched to vermiculite and substrateless method and will not be using hatchrite again..

i was wondering with all the methods that are cheap and substrateless why even use ones with substrate whats the big plus?

I have used it numerous times, and it works great. I used 6quart tubs without holes, and did not seal them. I just put the lids on the tubs.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I have used it numerous times, and it works great. I used 6quart tubs without holes, and did not seal them. I just put the lids on the tubs.

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X2...I also don't add any ventilation holes...seems to work great for me...:confused: