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Homemade incubator for ball python eggs
Homemade incubator for ball python eggs









homemade incubator for ball python eggs homemade incubator for ball python eggs
  1. #HOMEMADE INCUBATOR FOR BALL PYTHON EGGS INSTALL#
  2. #HOMEMADE INCUBATOR FOR BALL PYTHON EGGS PRO#
  3. #HOMEMADE INCUBATOR FOR BALL PYTHON EGGS FREE#

The incubator has a digital temperature and humidity control with a clear LED display screen that displays the actual and pre-set temperature and humidity levels for easy monitoring. In addition, they have egg indentations to prevent the eggs from rolling. These boxes have excellent ventilation, allowing for perfect humidity around all the eggs in the box. This allows for using six of their new incubation boxes, which are available to purchase separately.

#HOMEMADE INCUBATOR FOR BALL PYTHON EGGS PRO#

The Exo Terra Precision Incubator Pro is reasonably sized, with internal dimensions of 40.5cm x 40.5cm x 16cm. It also comes with a hygrostat and a separate humidifier that plugs into a USB socket to regulate the relative humidity accurately. The incubator has a dimming and pulse-proportional thermostat that seems to provide even greater temperature control than their previous incubator models. It does have some great features that might be of interest to you.Įxo Terra has introduced a new reptile egg incubator model, Exo Terra Precision Incubator Pro, that provides greater control over temperature and humidity. Hence, when it comes to purchasing the best reptile egg incubator, the Exo Terra brand can’t be left out. The Exo Terra Reptile Egg Incubator is among most reptile stores’ most commonly seen egg incubators. If you have modified anything up to this point you can use screws to mount the racking being sure to leave a minimum of 5.5 inches between the lower and upper racks (must make sure you can fit you egg boxes!) The second picture shows the setup with both racks installed.Exo Terra is a popular brand name in the pet supply industry that designs its own reptile incubators. If you did everything else up to this point as I have, it will fit perfectly. I measure and cut it to fit exactly into the internal shelf that is already built into the Cooler walls. I use the white closet wire racks that you can buy at any Home Depot and Lowes for the upper rack.

#HOMEMADE INCUBATOR FOR BALL PYTHON EGGS INSTALL#

After you have completed mounting the lower rack, you are ready to install the upper rack. Once you have secured the legs, place this rack into the bottom of the Cooler. I use small tie wraps to ensure the legs on the cookie sheets do not fold shut. Measure the inside dimentions of your cooler cl as the walls taper in and trim the rack (if required). Try to leave about 1 inch clearance between the heat tape and the racking. NEVER PUT EGGS DIRECTLY ON THE HEAT SOURCE. I like to use the Cooling Racks for Cookies on this level as they have their own raised stands raising them up off the heat source. Next you will need to add the lower wire rack to the bottom of the Cooler just above the heat tape.

homemade incubator for ball python eggs

#HOMEMADE INCUBATOR FOR BALL PYTHON EGGS FREE#

If you have any suggestions for improvements, please feel free to share. When you add the Egg boxes with media inside, it will take several hours to rise the media to the proper temperature so allow, at least 24 hours for all to come together prior to needing it! NOTE: I am not an electrician and I post this information for reference purposes only. It also took about 15 minutes after it was complete to come up to temp and hold it. It takes about 30 minutes total to assemble once you have all the supplies on hand. You can have two levels in a cooler of this size. This incubator goes together quite quickly and will be able to hold three 10.5 x 7.5 x 4 inch "shoe boxes" per level. I believe it would work well for other reptile eggs but you will need to read up on the requirements. It was about $150.00 in materials but if you had a cooler laying around, it would be cheaper. This is an incubator I built to hatch out Ball Python eggs.











Homemade incubator for ball python eggs