need help confused setting up incubator

[pavlovk1025]

If its an emergency situation which it appears to be, hit up your local pet store giant and buy a ReptiTemp 500r. It'll run you 20 bucks or so. Other alternatives are Ranco or Johnson Controls. Good luck.

[Kryptonian]

If its an emergency situation which it appears to be, hit up your local pet store giant and buy a ReptiTemp 500r. It'll run you 20 bucks or so. Other alternatives are Ranco or Johnson Controls. Good luck.

ya the petstores here dont carry that i have checked and the closest thing they have is the digi thermometers. I looked up ranco at the big harware stores already, i think that may only be a US sold product, ill check the johnson controls right away.
I am very frustarted now since I am getting so many mixed messages for advise and I am using a couple of forums. On another forum I was told that the model hovabator i have has a built in thermostat and that the guy was incubating corn eggs no prob with that alone. but here im told i need the herpsatat. Another forum i was told to go to the hardware store, did that. Argh!!!

i will call a couple of the small mom and pop pet stores tomorow for that repti temp but i doubt they will have it if the big chain stores dont. Otherwise i guess ill be spending alot of time at home for a while and checking the temp every few hours and adjusting the thermostat on the incubator if needed.

[pavlovk1025]

ya the petstores here dont carry that i have checked and the closest thing they have is the digi thermometers. I looked up ranco at the big harware stores already, i think that may only be a US sold product, ill check the johnson controls right away.
I am very frustarted now since I am getting so many mixed messages for advise and I am using a couple of forums. On another forum I was told that the model hovabator i have has a built in thermostat and that the guy was incubating corn eggs no prob with that alone. but here im told i need the herpsatat. Another forum i was told to go to the hardware store, did that. Argh!!!

i will call a couple of the small mom and pop pet stores tomorow for that repti temp but i doubt they will have it if the big chain stores dont. Otherwise i guess ill be spending alot of time at home for a while and checking the temp every few hours and adjusting the thermostat on the incubator if needed.

They do have a thermostat built in but it is known to be unreliable. You can chance it, but I dont recommend it and Im sure nobody else here does it. Search this forum for hovabator incubators and you'll see that some have had success and you'll also find stories about people that have accidentally cooked their eggs. It's playing russian roulette. Personally, IMHO, I wouldnt chance it and instead would just setup for a successful maternal incubation, only because the circumstances you are facing justify that decision.

[Kryptonian]

will this work?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ATC-300-TERRARIUM...n%3D3%26ps%3D5
or one of these
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ZILLA-1000W-REPTI...3A1%7C294%3A50
or this one
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Portable-Thermost...3A2%7C294%3A50

[pavlovk1025]

That second one should, the first one Ive never seen or heard of. Go with the second one for a quick fix.

[Kryptonian]

or this one
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Repti-Temp-Remote...A2%7C294%3A200

[pavlovk1025]

That would be the ReptiTemp 500R we discussed earlier dude.
Here's your options in your current circumstance-

The Zilla
The Repti-Temp 500R
Maternal Incubation

Good luck.

[Kryptonian]

i just noticed that.

i am going to attempt to get the repti temp, there is a chance that she will lay before it gets here, so i am hoping that if i set up the incubator now and run it till she lays to make sure temps stay constant then hopefully the eggs will be ok till this arrives.

I am unsure how you would use this, where does the probe go, do i stick it through a hole or does the entir unit go in incubator?
how do you hook up the incubator to the thermostat? is it similiar to using a dimmer, plug the power cord of the incubator to the thermostat?

[pavlovk1025]

Good choice. I also suggest putting the incubator in your most stable temperature room. I have a walk in closet that Im going to use to house my incubator when its time.

[Dr_Gonz0]

considering you have been doing this for a few years, and you knew you had eggs coming, i find it hard to feel sorry for you. You had money to spend on new snakes(5 new ones no?), but not to spend on taking care of the ones that you are breeding? If you can't afford to take care of them properly, why are you breeding them then?

A basic bare bones herpstat will run you around $100. I am pretty sure you spent more than that on your new snakes.

Robin
H2 Exotics