exo-terra diigtal thermo electric incubator

has anyone used this before? im looking to get some personal thoughts on it... i have a large fridge i was gonna convert to incubator but i dont really have enough room for it and i wont have that many clutches of eggs for a few years... whats your thoughts on it??????????

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXO-TERRA-DI...item53e95a69a6

Too small for python eggs. Might hold one good clutch.

oh alright thanks for input

There was just a thread on that incubator. It is NOT too small for python eggs, however, it can only hold 3-4 clutches at a time. It has its quirks, but I love mine.

Here a link to the other thread
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...63#post1665963

hummm ok thanks.. cause that is all i am expecting this season is MAYBE three or four tops... i just figured instead of a good 100 dollar digital thermostat for the ugly old freezer use that this year and try and find a nice glass door fridge like monster or rockstar and make a bigger one outta that next season...

Ill probably do the same thing eventually. Right now my clutches are spaced out enough that it works fine for me.

If youre handy enough to make your own, thats a great option too. If not, I really do like this incubator.

yea i was making one, just really dont have the space for the fridge i was using... maybe if i came across a mini fridge.. but then a good digital thermostat will cost ya alone the same price as this setup so i figured if itll work go this route now...

I wouldn't waste my time with them honestly, I would either build one or buy one from Nature Spirits or Animal Plastics.

3-4 clutches is Small. Especially if their small 4-6 egg clutches.

Lets see it hold 4 clutches at 8-10 eggs each. Cause thats what i normally get per female.

Its not worth it, save the 100 and build one with a reliable thermostat.

please don't get it.. built in thermostat doesn't even work... I have it and i hate it. You can hold 1 clutch of bp eggs, to get the thermostat right, you have to set it almost 5 degrees more than what ever degree you desire. I just use it for leopard gecko and corn snake eggs since they can fluctuate a lot more.

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

Too small for python eggs. Might hold one good clutch.

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Was going to say this... If you got 1 clutch its already made and seems its gonna go for 110 so not bad.

But a used free fridge + heat tape + thermostat = $75 give or take and holds 8+ clutchs.

but its a space issue more than n e thing right now, plus only having 4 females that are 1000gram + i dont think im gonna have a huge breeding season for first season and all the decent thermostats im seeing are 100.00 and up ...

When I worked for TRE we sold them.... quit selling them because we got tired of getting them back.. they can not and will not hold a temp steady. We literally replaced like 1 of every 3 we sold

Honestly if I had to pick between the commercially available incubators I'd get the hovabator. I have a homemade but a buddy of mine bought a hovabator and wasn't sure how to set it with perlite etc, he brought it to my place I set it up, incubated his clutch and they all hatched, 6 of 6, no issues whatsoever. It is small, you can't fit shoe boxes in it, you basically place the eggs right on the perlite or on egg crate, but it works. I can send you pics of the setup if you want. That said if space is not an issue I'd build my own.

ok for you guys using this incubator what size tubs are u putting ur eggs in in it? can ya maybe post a pics of it setup with tubs? either post on here or email to me so i can take a look...

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