How to set up an egg tub

[Hyper Joe]

My 2 pennies...

Penny 1 - In my opinion Hovabators are not good for more than a few BP eggs(3 or less). The size of an average BP egg and the closeness to the heat source in the hovabator may cook the eggs. Hovabators are excellent for smaller eggs like colubrids.

Penny 2 - Tilting the egg container as Heather explained is not a good idea if you do it. She mentions this because there are people out there that will tilt their egg tubs at a 45 degree angle. Which definitely is a NO NO!
However, if you tilt one end slightly like 1/16-1/8 of an inch higher then the other end then this minute angle "should" be enough to direct the droplets to the lower end. And this should not have an adverse affect on the eggs.
I have not tried this method myself I am just assuming this would be ok.* See below *

* With my engineering background in Common Sense and my Masters in Logic I figure my assumptions are correct. If you disagree please refer to rule number 1. ** See Below **

** Rule # 1 - Joseph is always correct **

Heeheehe.
For those of you that don't know me I am just joking about rule#1.

[2kdime]

This is a great thread

[dmaricle]

just out of curiosity if im running my incubator at 89-90 is the temo in the egg box the same or does it vary by a degree or so?

[dr del]

Hi,

I think the best idea would be to have the thermometer probe in the egg box and use that to help set the thermostat setting for the incubator - I don't know how long it takes between adjustments for things to stabilize though.


dr del

[Clear]

Well I bought a het albino that was possible gravid. After about 2 weeks I figured she wasnt gravid and decided not to build an incubator. 4 weeks later I now have a clutch of surprise eggs. I ran out and grabbed a wine cooler, thermostat that should be here tomorrow. But I can not find perlite without some additives in it. My question is can you use just vermiculite?

[LadyOhh]

Well I bought a het albino that was possible gravid. After about 2 weeks I figured she wasnt gravid and decided not to build an incubator. 4 weeks later I now have a clutch of surprise eggs. I ran out and grabbed a wine cooler, thermostat that should be here tomorrow. But I can not find perlite without some additives in it. My question is can you use just vermiculite?

Yes you can, but be very careful of the water/substrate mixture

[Clear]

What do you mean with the mixture? It should just be damp and not soaked right?

[LadyOhh]

What do you mean with the mixture? It should just be damp and not soaked right?

Same technique in checking your vermiculite water mixture.

Clump it up, make sure no water squeezes out, and test it by touching it with your finger. If it breaks apart easily, then you are good.

[Bluebead]

or use light grid to keep the eggs off of the medium.

[Clear]

Gotcha, I just sterilized the tubs, washed them, dried them and re-washed. I will test the mixture once they are dry. Hopefully my thermostat will get here soon! Thanks for the guide!