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30-Nov-06, 11:55 AM
|  | I love it LOUD! Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sutherland Shire NSW Age: 32 | | | Incubator question - turning eggs....
Hey all,
A lot of the commercially available incubators have an 'egg turner', but from what I've learnt here, you shouldn't turn the eggs......so are there other type of eggs that should be turned that these are designed for or what?
If one was to use a non turning Hovabator, is it just a matter of putting the eggs on the water/vermiculite mix in a container, setting the temp and leaving them? I assume the vermiculite does dry out and need more water added regularly???
Not breeding yet, just learning as much as I can before I do anything. It pays to be prepared!
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30-Nov-06, 11:56 AM
|  | Wonder Woman Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | Egg turners are for chicken/bird eggs  |
30-Nov-06, 11:57 AM
| | Wonder Woman Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | I was looking at the Hovabator ones as well, but I think when it comes time I'll just make my own. |
30-Nov-06, 12:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-03 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 52 | | | | Yep you keep the eggs the same way up as they are laid, dont turn them
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30-Nov-06, 12:18 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Nowra Age/Gender: 24  | | | | i agree with Rosemary. I am setting myself to be sure that every snake i own has a mate or two. I have nearly got 10 diamond pythons so an incubator will be something i will seriously have to look for within the next year or so. i have an old fridge and now just waiting for a friend to convert it into an incubator for me.
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30-Nov-06, 12:20 PM
| | Wonder Woman Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | I agree with Rosemary too |
30-Nov-06, 12:24 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Nowra Age/Gender: 24 | | | | anybody selling icubators?
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Last edited by RevDaniel; 30-Nov-06 at 12:32 PM.
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30-Nov-06, 12:50 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Up the Ral Ral Creek. S.A. | | | | We have a Multiquip Egg Incubator that has an automatic turner, but you can set it so the turner doesn't tilt back and forth. We were going to sell it, but we are now going to keep it for when we eventually breed our MD's. We also have a Multiquip Brooder/Hatcher which only has slide in trays, and keeps the same temps as the incubator. Very good equipment. Used to use them for hatching Ostrich Eggs, Quail Eggs, Chook Eggs etc. Cheers Cheryl
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30-Nov-06, 01:16 PM
|  | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | | Can I ask - is there any actual real point in taking the eggs off of the snake to incubate them, what's wrong with the snake doing the natural work herself?
Don't gasp - iI'm new to this, I just really want to know why incubate when nature can do it herself? |
30-Nov-06, 03:24 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: QLD | | | | If you turn python eggs upside down after 12 or so hours form being layed, most if not all will die.
The embryo attaches its self to a top part of the egg where there is a pocket of air,(from memory), if the egg is turned the embryo will drown.
A fridge converted in to an incubator is the go, cheap and easy to make, while being very well insulated.
I perfer artifical incubation as it gives more time to condition females for next season and the sucsess rate is as good or better. |
30-Nov-06, 03:33 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Hoppers Crossing, Victoria Age/Gender: 40 | | | Ditto to what TB said 
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30-Nov-06, 05:04 PM
| | I love it LOUD! Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sutherland Shire NSW Age: 32 | | | | Thanks for all your replies.
I was thinking just of a small hovabator to start with - not real keen on having an old fridge (even bar fridge size) hanging around. We are trying to declutter - not add to the pile!!! Going by prices if you buy direct from the states, I don't know why one would bother making a 'small' incubator out of an esky or whatever, but the time you add heatcord and a decent thermostat, thats not much less than a entry level hovabator, which is pretty much guaranteed to work and not having to get temperatures right with correct amount of heatcord etc etc.
I do see the advantages of making a larger incubator though. |
30-Nov-06, 05:11 PM
| | I love it LOUD! Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Sutherland Shire NSW Age: 32 | | | | By the way, does anyone have a Hovabator - wondering if its worth paying the $50 extra for the fan based model - supposedly keeps the temperature stable (no hot/cold spots), however I would have thought something that size wouldn't tend to suffer from it...... |
30-Nov-06, 05:21 PM
|  | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | | For small time breeding, you can make one out of a good thermostat, some heat cord and your esky, or buy a foam one and throw it away afterwards. Most breeders use fridges or cupboards as most commercial Inc's are too small.
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30-Nov-06, 05:52 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by falconboy  Thanks for all your replies.
I was thinking just of a small hovabator to start with - not real keen on having an old fridge (even bar fridge size) hanging around. We are trying to declutter - not add to the pile!!! Going by prices if you buy direct from the states, I don't know why one would bother making a 'small' incubator out of an esky or whatever, but the time you add heatcord and a decent thermostat, thats not much less than a entry level hovabator, which is pretty much guaranteed to work and not having to get temperatures right with correct amount of heatcord etc etc.
I do see the advantages of making a larger incubator though. |
The advantage is that it actually fits a clutch of python eggs, or several clutches of dragon eggs. you can also use the heat matt / cord for other jobs as with the thermostat.
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