Well I have always used incubators for my ball python eggs and going into year 3 breeding I have had almost 100% hatch rate.
The indoor temps here during that time of year I get eggs is 87F - 92F the room, in fact last year I had to use an air con deep in the summer. I noticed my friend who also breeds and while having less eggs than I, because he cut corners, has all of his eggs hatch right too the last few years. He doesn't even have an incubator. He just puts the eggs in a tub in wet vermiculite and an egg crate and leaves it in his coffee table and they all hatched. He said his house fluctuates even more than mine.
Then I talked to two other guys and they didn't use an incubator either. Then a third guy I just bought a snake from told me he incubates with no bator, but puts a heat pad under his egg tubs? His snakes hatched too.
I'm about to get materials to build a bigger incubator this year but I'm wondering if I really need it.
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