Incubaters

what is better, letting the snake incubate the eggs or to go buy an incubater?

Which came first, the snake or the egg?

Basically, I don't think there's an absolute answer to that question. People use both methods successfully. You can control the environment more precisely with an incubator, but with a mama snake you have someone monitoring the temps for you 24/7.

im going to buy an incubator soon.... ive seen a hova-bator with a big window that im thinking of getting.... i also have chickens and ducks so this should work good for them too. does anyone use a hova-bator?

yeah, thats what i used on my kids' eggs and Hey, they turned out ok.


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im kidding, i don't have any kids

Here is the long and boring story of my one maternal incubation experience (skip half page down to get to the part about incubation):

http://homevtour.home.comcast.net/m9...nvpib_2003.htm

I am thinking about trying it with one or two other females this year (particularly my biggest who looks like she could lay 12 eggs).

Here is an equally boring post about my incubator in case you want to build one:

http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=390706,391396

I think the snake came first because before it was a snake it had legs so that thing layed eggs and then eventually evolved to a snake. :D

i think the egg came first because alizard had to lay the egg for the snake to hatch out of. :) lol
i need a incubator too.

My personal opinion on the subject is that removeing the eggs from the female is always better 1: you have total control over the conditions of incubation IE: temps ,humidity , egg visability,removal of bad eggs with out itteruption 2: the female can resume life as usuall sooner ,get her body weight back up to where it should be
Its all a matter of opinion I guess, but that is my outlook on it

i too remove the eggs as it seems easier on me and on mom.the incubator i use was made by animl plastics and works great.

I think I remember hearing somewhere that Hovabators aren't as reliable because the heating core has been known to burn out... I invested in a Little Giant incubator and it's really been teriffic

http://www.leo-land.net/albums/album70/incubator.jpg

were did you this and is this have the air moving or still air or does this make any difference :D

I think I was talking to somebody at a herp show about incubators and they told me their Hovabator was junk. Jeff, webmaster of www.leo-land.net, also agreed. I think reptile incubation requires still air... poultry needs the air circulation. I could be wrong though.

Reptile eggs could need air circulation to maintain even temps all through the incubator, but if your super duper incubator does it for you, no need for fans. Also, humidity is a concern with reptile eggs.

I have two hovabators, and they work great. Of course I hook them up to a herpstat, I don't use the wafer thermostat included.
I'm going to need to build a big fridge incubator or something, though. I tried using a closet, and it just ate my power bill, and it was really hard to keep the temps stable. (I had it insulated, too).