Ok, Folks...this is serious business!! I mean BUSINESS!!! I'm out for bear and nothing's going to stop me now!
I bought a SERIOUS BUSINESS INCUBATOR and the only thing that's going to mess me up is if I get any eggs or not.
This is a lean, mean, egg hatching machine! It is a ReptiPro 6000. A digital thermoelectric incubator with an LED read out on the front and easy up/down buttons for temp control. As you can see in the picture, when I took the picture the temp right after plugging it in was 74F degrees. Right now, after about 5 minutes, its already up to 84F degrees.
It has slots in the shelves that will hold 48 ping pong balls (tortoise eggs), but if I put the eggs in little plastic tubs of vermiculite, it would hold fewer. I haven't decided yet what I'm going to do.
I don't like the water tray on the bottom. It has slots that you fill up with water, but the sides aren't very tall, and if you fill up a slot it leaches over the sides and out the front onto the floor. So I may have to set little tubs of water on the bottom instead of using the water tray.
My nest-building Medea is still working on her nest, so I have no eggs to put in there yet. But its supposed to rain again tonight, and that may trigger egg laying for her. In the "real world" they lay their eggs during the monsoon.
I've been working on this Manouria project for about 15 years, with only a baby here and there to show for it. Its time for some success! I'm going to be awfully disappointed if I don't get a whole slew of Manouria babies this season.
I bought a SERIOUS BUSINESS INCUBATOR and the only thing that's going to mess me up is if I get any eggs or not.
This is a lean, mean, egg hatching machine! It is a ReptiPro 6000. A digital thermoelectric incubator with an LED read out on the front and easy up/down buttons for temp control. As you can see in the picture, when I took the picture the temp right after plugging it in was 74F degrees. Right now, after about 5 minutes, its already up to 84F degrees.
It has slots in the shelves that will hold 48 ping pong balls (tortoise eggs), but if I put the eggs in little plastic tubs of vermiculite, it would hold fewer. I haven't decided yet what I'm going to do.
I don't like the water tray on the bottom. It has slots that you fill up with water, but the sides aren't very tall, and if you fill up a slot it leaches over the sides and out the front onto the floor. So I may have to set little tubs of water on the bottom instead of using the water tray.
My nest-building Medea is still working on her nest, so I have no eggs to put in there yet. But its supposed to rain again tonight, and that may trigger egg laying for her. In the "real world" they lay their eggs during the monsoon.
I've been working on this Manouria project for about 15 years, with only a baby here and there to show for it. Its time for some success! I'm going to be awfully disappointed if I don't get a whole slew of Manouria babies this season.