A.PROPHECY Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 just got a incubator cause my water dragons are laying what temp should i be going for and the incbator has a section at the bottom were you can add water to make it more humid, should i be making it humid for water dragon eggs or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 check your email? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogona1 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Hi, Temp of around 29 degrees should be fine. As far as humidity goes my advice to avoid the trap of adding water to the incubator - far too difficult to acheive reliable humidity for reptile eggs this way. Put the eggs in air tight containers with a 50:50 by weight water to perlite ratio. Open once a week to allow air circulation. Should not have to add any water for entire incubation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogona1 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Heres a pic of my eggs in same incubator to give you an idea.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 nice one pagona - how do you find temp stability in those incubators without fan? mine seemd to vary alot - possibly as the daytime temp rises so does incubator but recently put fan back in my unit and done what you have with eggs and temps seem more steady? i suppose havn incubator in temp controled enviroment would help congrats on the eggs A.PROPHECY incubate slightly on cooler side to get males? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perpin Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Good luck with your eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 I use one of those incubators for turtle eggs and incubate them in vermiculite at 25 degrees with the fan disconnected. Temperature is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeauwa Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Nice one, try 27constant for males. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockwork Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 we have the same incubator. we just put the eggs in with no vermiculite etc. we have our temp between 27 and 29 and our humidity between 80 and 90 and have had no probs.(this is for our beardies) not sure bout wds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 wouldn`t want to be one of your eggs rockwork?Whats your hatch rate ben like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 My incubator has holes in the bottom so cannot be filled with water. I bought it second hand so don't know if they are made that way or had been added later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanophile Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Should not use fan incubator (aka forced air) incubator on reptile eggs unless you have container setup like pogona1. Reason being is that it dries out the eggs often, even if humidity is high. We are afterall trying to simulate natural conditions, and there is no way that there is air cond. when the eggs are buried. The other bonus about the container method is that you can keep the moisture level very constant by using this method: 1) get some scales. Place your plastic container on the scales and 'zero'the scales. Add your vermiculite/perlite. 2) however much your vermiculite/perlite weighs divide this number by 2 and this is how many grams of water you should add. e.g: 200g of vermiculite, add 100g water. Keep this sealed in your incubator and open for short periods of time to remove bad eggs or add more eggs. There is no need to add more water. Even if you never open it for the duration of the incubation the eggs will hatch. Eggs need very little oxygen to hatch..in the wild they are often buried 2 feet or more down. Hovabators are great and are cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockwork Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 wouldn`t want to be one of your eggs rockwork?Whats your hatch rate ben like? good we get about 70% so it not to bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 well I have had 100% of the fertiles using vermiculite moistened like varanophile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Well done! tell us how you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 sweet as some good tips well first two eggs shriveld wasnt ready for them they came a week befor incubator did shes still fat tho so should be more they might not even be fertile who knows seen the male and her doing the deed sevral times befor tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 could it be not enough humidity ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 probly ay haha im prepared for the next lot lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 is male always humping same female ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 yea that ive noticed but who knows what they get upto when im not around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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