hatch rite?

Anyone use this product? I came across an ad on KS and was curious about it.

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

Anyone use this product? I came across an ad on KS and was curious about it.

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I checked it out in Daytona last year and thought that it was an awesome idea for someone breeding for the first time or on a small scale!

-adam

Does that mean it gets the 8ball sign of approval? I may try it out, I may only have 2 clutches this year and it is my first.

My local Petsmart carries it, I was looking into it, but I still have a ton of perilite/vermiculite mixed up. I also overheard a few gecko breeders discussing it at Tinley last year...said it worked like a charm for their gecko eggs and small BP clutches.

-Jason

LOL ... I couldn't say that, I've never used the product myself ... I don't believe in advocating something that I don't have first hand practical experience with ... that would be like lying to me and not my style.

I do know a lot of the people involved in the development of the product and they are some of the super stars of the snake world ... I wouldn't be afraid to try it at least.

-adam

Is there something special in this product other than premixed vermiculite and water?

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I checked it out in Daytona last year and thought that it was an awesome idea for someone breeding for the first time or on a small scale!

-adam

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I think I'm going to try it this year. Im not sure that I'm confident in getting the mixture right, or maybe I'll just get someone to make up some boxes for me LOL

I'm probably just making a mountain out of a molehill though LOL

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Is there something special in this product other than premixed vermiculite and water?

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Lawrence, as far as I know, it just takes the guesswork out of getting the mixture right, for those who havent done it before, or those who know what theyre doing, but see this as an easier alternative....

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

Lawrence, as far as I know, it just takes the guesswork out of getting the mixture right, for those who havent done it before, or those who know what theyre doing, but see this as an easier alternative....

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Ah... that's why I went with the other idiot-proof method: no sub.

I have been thinking that I will try this when I get eggs. If it works...it *seems* like it might take some of the guess work out with mixing. I saw a short video clip where Alex Hue had two deli's one with hatch rite and one with with vermiculite/perlite, anyway he poured a small amount of water in each. Then tipped the deli's: the verm/perl showed the water running out whereas the hatch rite retained and absorbed the water and there was none that ran out of the cup.

Mike and I had a nice chat at the Taylor show with the Hulse's about this product (they sell it at their table there). They were both very impressed with it, gave us a lot of good info and we're likely going to go with it this year. Seems like a good product especially for us newcomers in our first breeding seasons with our snakes.

I am thinking of getting that.. I had a bad year last season with eggs that died.. I think it was too moist but it could have been genetics; who knows..? But I don't feel comfortable mixing stuff when this much is at stake so I am getting some of that. I saw it on Alex Hue's site and I will probably order from him.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

I think I'm going to try it this year. Im not sure that I'm confident in getting the mixture right, or maybe I'll just get someone to make up some boxes for me LOL

I'm probably just making a mountain out of a molehill though LOL

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You need some pointers, buddy? I can make a mean protein shake so vermiculite and water are no problemo!

Seriously, it is easy to mix up vermiculite and water. I haven't seen this product and don't know a thing about it but it sounds ok.

Next year will be my first breeding experience and I'll be useing it. They were giving free sample bags in daytona and I picked one up.

FYI all here is the website

http://www.hatchrite.com/

It's perlite based.

I picked up a free bag at Tinley, haven't tried it yet. Several of the bigger breeders were talking about how they've switched to it.

I hope to try it this year. I got my fridge gutted today and my helix on the way this week:carrot:


Just need to order some more flexwatt to finish it up.

Though I would like to use the perlite eventually instead of this stuff. I went to home depot today to price out stuff for my reptile room and I checked the garden section and found perlite. It was $4 for 8 qt.