im posting up pictures of my first attempt at making an incubator. it consists of a styrofoam box, plastic tub, "egg crate" lighting cover, and fish tank water heater. i will add a thermostat later on for precise temps.

styrofoam box



inside w/ egg box



inside w/o egg box



inside w/o "egg crate" cover



the materials used are easy to find. the styrofoam box was given to me by the fish department of a pet store. the water heater and plastic tub(small kitty litter tub) were purchased at a pet store. the "egg crate" ceiling tile was purchased at home depot. the egg box can be found at any department store. and i will be ordering the thermostat online.

so far the temperature inside the egg box is hitting 92-93 w/o a thermostat at full power. those temps are too high for bps eggs and i will be adding a herpstat or helix to get the temps perfect.

i have read that ball python eggs must be incubated at 88-91 degrees.

the egg box measures 10" x 16" and i will be using vermiculite as a substrate.

i'm not sure what the wattage of the water heater is but without regulation at full power it reaches 92-93 degrees inside the egg box so the addition of a thermostat is all that is needed to correct this.

right now i am testing the incubator before i get eggs so i am ready for them when they come!

many people ask about incubators so i hope this thread can help out. please comment on my incubator and make suggestions on what i can improve. i encourage readers of this thread to post pictures and information about their methods of incubating eggs whether its 1 or 100 clutches.

enjoy!