denting ball python eggs

[blind_skater]

No i dont have one, all it has is a little knob that u twiste left or right to adjust the heat

[I-KandyReptiles]

Id suggest getting one ASAP. With the analog thermometer and hydrometer, I really doubt you're temps/humidity are what you think they are.

[SlitherinSisters]

Your other problem may be that it's a poultry incubator, I use one myself, but only for poultry eggs. Do you have a different thermostat for that incubator? The heat control on that incubator isn't accurate enough for ball pythons, poultry does alright with big fluctuations since they get that naturally. I'm not sure how I feel about them sitting on that wire mesh, but I haven't had a problem with mine getting rusty with the poultry eggs, so maybe it will be alright.

Edit: just saw that someone already asked that. The twist knob adjuster on that incubator is really bad for ball pythons. You need less than a 1 degree difference. I have a 10 degree difference with that incubator when I have it running in my house for the poultry. If the room temp changes you have to adjust the knob accordingly and it's really easy to adjust it too much.

[blind_skater]

I have 2 differnet thermometer in there with eggs now they both say 89 temp and 100 humidity and one of the thermometer is a digital gauge.

[BHReptiles]

I have 2 differnet thermometer in there with eggs now they both say 89 temp and 100 humidity and one of the thermometer is a digital gauge.

That's a start...but you STILL need a quality thermostat that won't flucuate your temps. Most people reccomend the Hydrofarm, but I DO NOT recommend it for an incubator. I bought a herpstat 2 with one probe on the incubator (an intro or intro + would work fine and those are cheaper than a Herpstat 1 or 2) and I LOVE it with my incubator. The temperature fluctuates less then half a degree.

At this point, without a quality thermostat, I don't know if your eggs can hang on. Try to get a nice thermostat quickly (like...overnight it if you can) and see what you can do to salvage the eggs.

[blind_skater]

So whats a good incubator to go with?

[Annarose15]

So whats a good incubator to go with?

Most people on here have built their own incubators. You can find a lot of tips in the DIY section of the forum.

[BHReptiles]

So whats a good incubator to go with?

I built my own out of a plastic cooler and a lot of people use old wine coolers they got off craigslist. If you're really in a pinch, Hova-bators work decently so long as you have the thermostat to go with it. Really, any incubator is functional as long as you have a good thermostat to go with it. I think the chicken incubator will work for you if you get a thermostat to go with it. You should also saturate the substrate, put the eggs on a light diffuser (aka egg crate), seal it with press-n-seal to hold in humidity, and then hope for the best.

[snakesRkewl]

Hovabators should be banned

Those eggs are soaking up water and deflating, not too dry but entirely too wet and may not make it at this point