Egg Incubator

[doronxl7]

Hey there,
I want to breed once my ball pythons and leopard gecko, once just to experience the journey...
So I don't wanna spend hundreds of dollars just for one time project.
When I search ebay \ amazon for reptile egg incubator there the 100$+ and also some plastic box of 7-10$ (first picture) yet I don't see how its work and if so.. No heat or anything.
I did search also egg incubator and saw chicken incubator does it work well? as I read chicken incubators often rotate the tray and reptile eggs won't survive it but the one that I saw doesn't look like it got rotate mode. (second picture)
What to do?
Does the 7-10$ plastic box work well for one time project and how its work if there no heat cable or so...
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[Booper]

I don't know too much about chicken incubators and that, but I do know that you can make simple incubators out of cooler boxes or even styrofoam boxes, like the kinds shops get fish in. I'm not 100% sure how to make them (You'd need to find a tutorial!) but I am pretty sure you just have the styrofoam box, with heat mats and a thermostat, and then a cooling rack (like for baking) to keep the eggs off of the heat. Sorry I can't be of more help!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

An egg box can be done for $3 or less (6 or 7 quarts tub + light crate), those will fit BP eggs, for Leos a simple daily cup with this http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/t...tion-tray.html will do

As for incubator well the easiest is to build one yourself remembering that the most important thing is a RELIABLE thermostat which will be your major cost.

If you only gonna have one or two clutches use a small cooler + heat tape + T-Stat.

Their are several DIY on the forum in the DIY forum.

[Reptilius]

When I bred Colubrids, I built a simple cheap incubator.

Polystyrene Cooler Box, Plate of 8mm Glass, Fish tank Heater, 2 Bricks, Thermostat.

Methodology: Place 2 Bricks either end on bottom of Cooler Box, Cut Plate Glass slightly smaller than measurements of Cooler Box,
place Plate Glass on Bricks after submerging Fish Tank Heater on bottom, fill with water to just touching bottom of Plate Glass.
Attach thermostat, set temps, switch on Fish tank Heater. I used a Fish tank Heater that had an adjustable temperature.
It worked well, you just need to use the size of Cooler Box in ratio to the size and quantity of tubs you are going to put in it.
Would work for breeding one pair of ball Pythons.

I managed to maintain temps between 30 and 32 Centigrade with no problem.
I hatched King Snake, Corn Snake, Rat Snake, Childrens Python, African House Snake, Herald Snake, Night Adder, Beardie and Gecko eggs in it.
I don't see why it would not work for Ball Pythons.