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27-Aug-06, 01:17 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne | | |
Do most people make incubators, or buy them?
Any links on making them if so?
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27-Aug-06, 01:46 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne | | | | RE: Incubators
hmmm, sounds tricky... Might start with buying one.
maybe i should get a male first! Yes, that's definately step 1
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27-Aug-06, 02:00 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne | | | | RE: Incubators
Might be something i'd have to consider.
Thanks once again - prooving to be quite a saviour!!!
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27-Aug-06, 09:20 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD | | | | RE: Incubators
I bought an incubator years ago from America. Its a hovabator incubator and it does the job well, only cost me $100au. Thats with freight, built in thermostat and veiwing windows. Good buy i thought. 
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27-Aug-06, 10:52 AM
|  | Diamond Dude Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Newcastle Gender:  | | | | RE: Incubators
apprently both work fine
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27-Aug-06, 12:01 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: UK (for now!) Gender: | | | | RE: Incubators
I make incubators out of polystyrene boxes form tropical fish shops or if you can get one (because they are like rocking horse pooh) an upright glass door display fridge from a shop, both are easy to make and worked well for me. 
Let me know if you want more info.
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28-Aug-06, 02:42 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Sydney Age: 25 | | | | RE: Incubators
Not too sure, but i think the store bought incubators can get a bit pricey (though they might have just been the ones i saw)
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30-Sep-06, 10:41 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: sydney, northern beaches | | | |
the hovabators get to 36 degrees dont they which is too hot... can luke G PLEASE!!! tell me which one you got and were and how he keeps the temps down.. ???????
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02-Oct-06, 06:36 PM
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Ultimate reptiles have instructions on how to build one on their website.
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02-Oct-06, 07:01 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-05 Location: yellow submarine | | | |
vol 3 issue 1 of reptiles australia has a big article on making a fridge incubator
might be worth a read if your interested in making one yourself
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02-Oct-06, 08:09 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Queensland | | | |
I made my new one, but i started with a commercially made incubator designed for the chooks less the rotator. :-)
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02-Oct-06, 08:29 PM
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My incubator cost $13,500 AUD
Thermoline humidity controlled incubator (large fridge type)
I didn't buy it just for reptiles, it's main use is hatching queen bees!
I've had 100% hatching success with every fertile reptile egg placed in it. Regulates temperarure to 0.1 deg c and humidity to 0.5 % accuracy.
I'd reccommend them if you have a lot of expensive reptile eggs to incubate, especially for GTP's. Absolutely no substrate required!
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05-Oct-06, 10:42 AM
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wow that's expensive, u would think that it would be perfect for that price !
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05-Oct-06, 11:02 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Sydney Age: 27 | | | |
If you want a cheap and brilliant incubator made for you (best option first time round) then contact NCHERPS or HUGSTA and they will make one for you. They made mine and it is working a treat. Temps keep between 0.05 degrees and your humidity is set by how much water you mix with your vermiculite.
Cant reccomend them highly enough.
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05-Oct-06, 11:41 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-03 Location: Sydney | | | |
they are also some for sale on petlink and Australian herps
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