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 Cheap incubators?

does anyone know of a store(NY OR NJ)/website that sells incubatores for or less than $40.00-$50.00?-and can you also tell how to make homemade incubators, and EVERYTHING needed for them, how they work how you put it together, etc.?????-any info will be AWSOME, thanks very very much for any info.
07/11/05  03:30am

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   Message To: Mikey-gecko   In reference to Message Id: 397614


 Cheap incubators?

ok heres a list of what you will need to make a fairly cheap homemade incubator..

Styrofoam box (free form pet store)
Pulse proporional thermostat
plexi glass (hardware store)
Heat mat
small peice of repti carpet

Firstly I cut a small hole in the back of the styrafoam box to accomadate the heat mat then taped it down inside the box to secure it, wired a plug to the heat mat then plugged this into the thermostat which I attached to the outside of the box with double sided tape. I cut out a square section of the lid with a craft knife the glued down a piece of plexi glass so I can view the eggs. The last thing I did was palce a cutted piece of carpet inside the box on top of the heat mat, I find this doesnt let the mat get to hot..Thats all there is to it not the best incubator in the world but it is working for me right now as i have had 2 eggs incubating for 3 weeks now and they are swelling and gowing nicely at constant temps of about 81F.

I must add that I have never tried this before and am a total novice, I wasnt even expecting the eggs as I bought the female gravid.. heres some pics of the finished product..
07/14/05  06:28pm

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   Message To: DARREN   In reference to Message Id: 402495


 Cheap incubators?

www.bigappleherp.com is where u can get ’em!!!! I got mine there... and if you live in NYC than it should be there in a day!



07/14/05  07:19pm

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   Message To: Lifeformsleopardg   In reference to Message Id: 402566


 Cheap incubators?

i live in new jersey...lol, and i think im just gonna make my own...im having 2cd. thoughts about getting a male..cause i heard that if i put them in the same tank all their lives he will always want to breed with her...i thought theyll only breed in well the breeding season...so do i have to get another cage for the male and only put them together wheni want i them to breed?- i decided im gonna get a male..so ill get a new setup for him....any advice though would be great.

Mike.
07/15/05  06:46pm


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