what incubator do you use?

[rlditmars]

I built my own out of a wine cooler I found on CL. The compressor wasn't working and the person sold it for $25. I ordered heat tape from Reptile Basics and an AC fan off Amazon. The whole thing cost me about $60 and took about 2 hours time. It is not difficult at all and there are a number of threads in the forum here to figure it out.

[Viol8r]

I haven't had any issues with the exo terra one, I use it for chameleon eggs and live in Florida so having both heating and cooling function was important to me. Once I get to the point of having multiple clutches of Bps I'll likely upgrade to a hot box seen a few in person and they are well built.

I'm in Florida as well. I have a dedicated reptile room to which I use ambient temps for my bp's.

I built my own out of a wine cooler I found on CL. The compressor wasn't working and the person sold it for $25. I ordered heat tape from Reptile Basics and an AC fan off Amazon. The whole thing cost me about $60 and took about 2 hours time. It is not difficult at all and there are a number of threads in the forum here to figure it out.

Mine is a wine chiller also, that I had in my garage taking up space. Since I heat my reptile room, I used the VE300 t-stat that was controlling hot spots, and some unused heat tape. The only thing I ended up buying was extra thermostats. I may take apart a pc I no longer use and add the fan from it to circulate the air...


Edit: since it had wire "shelves" I found some hard plastic cutting boards on clearance, cut them down to size, drilled some holes for the air/heat to pass, and those are my shelves now.

[rlditmars]

Edit: since it had wire "shelves" I found some hard plastic cutting boards on clearance, cut them down to size, drilled some holes for the air/heat to pass, and those are my shelves now.

Mine had wire shelves also so I took and cut light diffuser panels to size and zip tied them to the shelf. It works great and still allows air to fully circulate through the incubator.

[Viol8r]

Mine had wire shelves also so I took and cut light diffuser panels to size and zip tied them to the shelf. It works great and still allows air to fully circulate through the incubator.

That's great! I wish I had thought of that. I had extra diffuser material left over from egg boxes.

[AjBalls]

Nature's Spirit incubator. Basically the original commercial incubator. I'll go by them until I stop breeding.

[Bigfish1975]

I built my own and have never regretted it. I always encourage people to think ahead. You may not need anything big now but why invest in one that holds a couple tubs and in a year realize you're addicted to the BP thing and need a bigger one then. DIY is very easy. Also as others have stated, you'll be more familiar with it and be able to troubleshoot any possible problems that may arise.

[ktexotics]

after my very first season and learning that the cheap reptipro was a waste of money and time we built our own. for the last 2 yrs my old royal crown cola fridge has been running non stop and no problems. 150 on fridge & gutted added light switch dimmer for fans and an outlet for the heat tape controlled by the old brick style thermostat under the unit . all in maybe 3-400 but i did pay a premium for the fridge as i needed one dearly with a few gravid females at the time! but yes if your in it to produce babies id recommend that you build your own ....

[elbee]

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I will have to ponder it and see if my husband will help me with a build.

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[CD CONSTRICTORS]

You can scale this down to suit your own needs, but DIY is the way to go. Half the cost of commercial incubators and mine holds 48 clutches....

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...rogress-thread

[Stewart_Reptiles]

For BP I started with a 120 Quarts cooler years go and than upgraded to this





This year I am upgrading to a 48 inches Hotbox

For Hognose I use a small cooler.