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BalloonzForU
03-07-2006, 11:55 AM
Has anyone seen this thing? What are your thoughts about this new contraption?

http://www.mgreptiles.com/buddy.html
USAGECKOS
03-07-2006, 12:13 PM
Curious, it says it can tell within 5 days if an egg is fertile. Then in the section that tells how it does it, it says it looks for a heart beat. Does a 5 day old egg have a heart beat?
ZenReptiles
03-07-2006, 01:01 PM
It also says for chicks. Would it work the same way for a small leo egg? I think chicken eggs take less time to hatch too, so that would make me wonder if chicks grow faster, thus having a heartbeat in 5 days.
LeosForLess
03-07-2006, 04:13 PM
Haha i just made a post about this thing on my Thermostat post. I you google it i ound one or only 350!!! Lol i prefer that good ole candling method. The Buddy 2 moniters reptiles eggs, the buddy one does chicken aggs and such.
LeosForLess
03-07-2006, 04:21 PM
http://www.avianbiotech.com/buddy.htm
Sorry or double post
https://www.animalgenetics.us/Secure/Purchase.asp?step=1
http://www.avianbiotech.com/what-can-buddy-do-for-you.htm

I could see using it or $200,000.00 Ball Python eggs, so you can be %100 sure its dead or alive, but i think with leos youe better off just leavin it in the bator.
Supahypegex
03-07-2006, 05:00 PM
I agree with leosforless better off just leaving them in the Incubator. i dont even Candle my eggs i mess with them as little as i can.
diablohogs
03-07-2006, 08:15 PM
how much is this gizmo? $350.00?
LeosForLess
03-07-2006, 09:44 PM
Ya, follow the links i gave. I think its more for chicken and Raptor egg.
diablohogs
03-07-2006, 11:23 PM
im wondering if a gecko egg would be closer to a parekeet egg than the thick shelled birds of prey. i mean for ball pythons or larger reptiles i can see needing a more powerful device but leopard gecko eggs are small with thin shells.
LeosForLess
03-08-2006, 06:55 AM
The cheaper model is for chicken eggs i think, but the expensive one is for reptile eggs, thick shelled bird eggs and raptors.
BalloonzForU
03-08-2006, 09:09 AM
I think it's pretty neat. Would be exciting to see the light flashing in rhythm with a heart beat. Kind of like the excitement of hearing your baby's heart beat for the first time when pregnant. Oh anyone know what it would cost for an ultrasound machine? LOL Shanti, can you take my eggs in when you go for your next ultrasound. LOL
A_Kendergirl
03-08-2006, 10:45 AM
LOL....you'll be waiting awhile!
wsmitty
03-08-2006, 04:54 PM
I think it's really cool! It would be especially handy for reptiles with long incubation periods(like monitors).

wayne
NicoleO
03-08-2006, 06:21 PM
I think it would be worth it for an expensive herp or chams that take 10 months to hatch so you wouldn't have to wonder but I've never had a problem with candling eggs and the way I see it is natures going to take its course wether I have some machine that tells me if its alive or not. That machine can't tell you if there are birth defects or if it'll survive even if it is fertile so until that little machine can tell me that I'm going to stick with candling and save my money for more animals.