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Re: Where to get an incubator?
 Originally Posted by Shadera
My first one I built out of a proofing/hot box, worked fairly nicely. Most recently, I threw one together out of a big cooler I got at wally world and some stuff I had lying around. Holds temps to within a half degree variance over the day.
You can pretty much make one out of anything. I wish we had an extra closet, I'd rig one up outta that.
I have a giant closet =]. There's 3 rooms in my house with massive closets . I got one of 'em, and the other my sister uses as an office. She told me to put an incubator or another rack in the closet... It's a walk-in closet... lol. Her and her fiance's room is HUGE and about 3x the size of my room it seems like lol, so they're just going to get a wardrobe.
 Originally Posted by reixox
BPs are like pokemon. you tell yourself you're not going to get sucked in. but some how you just gotta catch'em all.
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I built both of my incubator, when I started I build a cooler incubator capable of holding 8 egg boxes, sold it and built a new one with an old fridge this time capable of holding 20 to 30 egg boxes.
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I just finished building mine last night using this tutorial by twistedtails...http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...bator-Tutorial.
I am not very handy, but had a very easy time building it because of his GREAT write-up. I found a working wine cooler with a glass door on Craigslist for $70. All together I spent about $275 including a new Herpstat 1.
Here's a crappy pic...(The eggs in there are snapping turtle eggs in case anyone was wondering).
1.0 Mojave 100% Het VPI Axanthic "Pleepleus"
1.2 Albino Common Snapping Turtles "Beavis, Patty & Selma"
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Re: Where to get an incubator?
I bought mine from Nature's Spirit. Very simple, but I didn't want to take a chance with my eggs by making one myself at the time. Now that I have the design in front of me I can build more if needed. Sometimes peace of mind is worth the extra cash.
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Re: Where to get an incubator?
When it is time for me to get one, i will be getting....
http://www.hotboxincubators.com/#!incubators/vstc1=m-36
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Re: Where to get an incubator?
 Originally Posted by h00blah
I have a giant closet =]. There's 3 rooms in my house with massive closets  . I got one of 'em, and the other my sister uses as an office. She told me to put an incubator or another rack in the closet... It's a walk-in closet... lol. Her and her fiance's room is HUGE and about 3x the size of my room it seems like lol, so they're just going to get a wardrobe.
Slap an oil filled heater, fan, and thermostat in there!
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Incubator

Built this one for about 40.00 plus the cost of the Helix.
Found the freezer at a repair shop that they couldn't fix.
Bought the light sockets and wire at Lowes
Computer fan and 12v converter from Radio Shack
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Re: Where to get an incubator?
 Originally Posted by BPro927
There ya go! While I haven't used their bators yet, I did mess with them at the show and they seem solid. I should be picking one up soon.
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I made one out of a 150qt marine cooler. Holds up to 10 clutches.
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