incubation temperature question

[dadstoys2]

I keep mine at 89 and just leave it.

[hypersomniacjoo]

welp i used an exoterra incubator ....no holes in egg box, with a thermometer probe in egg box. thermostat was set at 94 because there was a constant 4ish degree difference from the egg box and what the incubator displayed.

But two nights ago, i heard a beep beep beep beep and watched as the temp display on the incubator rose to 140 F and the down temp button suddenly stopped working. I unplugged, replugged, turned it on "quiet mode"....turned it back on, etc. etc. and it would work for a few minutes and then beep up to 140 and stick there. Ended up turning it on and off by hand and monitoring thermometer while desperately trying to rig something up to keep the eggs in overnight....no such luck, ended up taking back to the guy who was incubating them for me while i waited for my be-all end-all exoterra incubator that broke after a week.

not feeling real optimistic about incubators.

[joebad976]

You have to build your own it is very easy...A friend of mine had one of those exoterra's and it killed all of his bearded dragons clutches due to the same problem but he was not home to catch it. Not a very good product IMO

[hypersomniacjoo]

You have to build your own it is very easy...A friend of mine had one of those exoterra's and it killed all of his bearded dragons clutches due to the same problem but he was not home to catch it. Not a very good product IMO

thats what im starting to begrudgingly realize after buying a hovabator and an exoterra

[mainbutter]

snakes are cold blooded

One of the biggest science myths that we learned in elementary school is that we can categorize all reptiles as "cold blooded", in the sense that they have ZERO biological ability to affect their own body temperature.

[dadstoys2]

welp i used an exoterra incubator ....no holes in egg box, with a thermometer probe in egg box. thermostat was set at 94 because there was a constant 4ish degree difference from the egg box and what the incubator displayed.

But two nights ago, i heard a beep beep beep beep and watched as the temp display on the incubator rose to 140 F and the down temp button suddenly stopped working. I unplugged, replugged, turned it on "quiet mode"....turned it back on, etc. etc. and it would work for a few minutes and then beep up to 140 and stick there. Ended up turning it on and off by hand and monitoring thermometer while desperately trying to rig something up to keep the eggs in overnight....no such luck, ended up taking back to the guy who was incubating them for me while i waited for my be-all end-all exoterra incubator that broke after a week.

not feeling real optimistic about incubators.

Damn that really sucks. I also use an old fridge converted.

[adamsky27]

Thank you search function. My probe in my incubator is not in the egg tub and is set for 89. The temps in one tub are up to 92, at 40 days. It seems that I should not adjust my thermostat, correct? Just leave it set for 89 and let the eggs do their thing?

[SlitherinSisters]

Three things I want to address...

Thermostats adjust to temperature changes.

I put my probe in an egg tub. I've done it the other way too, doesn't make a difference.

And no one should use a hovabator or anything cheap like that ever. I try warning people, tell them to build their own but what do I know.

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