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I'm looking for a good thermometer for inside my incubator.

Any suggestions??

Thanks in advance for any assistance!!
 
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I use one of those little reptile Zilla thermometers with a probe. I tape the probe to the probe to the Zoomed thermostat and put them in the incubation medium when hatching lizards. For crickets I just put the probes anywhere in the incubator to measure the ambient air temperature.
 
I use the thermometer shown. I have several of them. they are any wear from one to three degrees off. i also have the mini fridge from think geek. I would take a few degrees temp off. The one I have is twenty degrees off. What a piece off s---. I use it now to warm rats.
 
van1 said:
I use the thermometer shown. I have several of them. they are any wear from one to three degrees off. i also have the mini fridge from think geek. I would take a few degrees temp off. The one I have is twenty degrees off. What a piece off s---. I use it now to warm rats.
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Yeah-I've heard they're a FEW degrees off, but not 20 some.

That's why I want the thermometer before I stick eggs into it.

Thanks so much for your reply!!
 
Ditto what Steve said and here is another source: http://www.techinstrument.com/acatalog/Digital_Thermometers_Thermister.html

I highly recommend the SH66A-E because of the multiple probes. I like having a probe in the egg boxes as well as the main air chamber. No way I would trust my eggs to a thermometer I could buy at Walmart but I think a lot has to do with what type of eggs you are cooking. Some species seem more tolerable than others.
 
bsharrah said:
Ditto what Steve said and here is another source: http://www.techinstrument.com/acatalog/Digital_Thermometers_Thermister.html

I highly recommend the SH66A-E because of the multiple probes. I like having a probe in the egg boxes as well as the main air chamber. No way I would trust my eggs to a thermometer I could buy at Walmart but I think a lot has to do with what type of eggs you are cooking. Some species seem more tolerable than others.
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That's a good idea.

I'm only hatching crested gecko eggs, and they're pretty tolerant of heat, but I still don't want to cook them if the incubator happens to be 20 some degrees off.

This year I lost all but one egg to the heat and humidity, and I have no intention of letting that happen again.

Thank you!!
 
Do people use an incubator for crested geckos? I have found they do just fine without one. What temps were you incubating at? Put them in a container with moist vermiculite and leave the container in a room that doesn't get hotter than the upper 70's (I prefer lower 70's though) and you will have no issue. I definitely would not purchase an expensive thermometer for cresties.
 
It also pays off to have a good hydrometer than depending on a cheap piece of garbage from Wal Mart. Here's a nice piece of equipment if you can see inside your incubator. http://www.gardco.com/pages/moisture_air_temp/we/abbeon_hygro.cfm No probe is needed to go in the egg container because whatever temperature is in the incubator should be the same as inside the egg container.
 
bsharrah said:
Do people use an incubator for crested geckos? I have found they do just fine without one. What temps were you incubating at? Put them in a container with moist vermiculite and leave the container in a room that doesn't get hotter than the upper 70's (I prefer lower 70's though) and you will have no issue. I definitely would not purchase an expensive thermometer for cresties.
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Lots are starting to use them.

I didn't use one last year, and only lost a few eggs to the horrible heat which seems to be more common in Buffalo in recent years.

I've lived here for over 50 years, and never had so many days in the mid-90's as this year. Usually, we'll hit the mid-80's in the first 3 weeks of August, and it will go back to the mid-70's till about mid-September.

This year, I lost all but two eggs, and the heat made them hatch so early that the hatchlings were VERY TINY-about half of normal size-and one died the next day.

The other is still hanging on, but still hasn't reached normal size after 2 months.

I'm going to use the ThinkGeek heater/cooler next season-which is why I want the thermometer. They tend to be a few degrees off (or up to 20 degrees according to some peoples experiences), so I want to get the thermometer and work with it before next season so I know what to set it for to keep the eggs in the low 70's.
 
SERPENTS DEN said:
It also pays off to have a good hydrometer than depending on a cheap piece of garbage from Wal Mart. Here's a nice piece of equipment if you can see inside your incubator. http://www.gardco.com/pages/moisture_air_temp/we/abbeon_hygro.cfm No probe is needed to go in the egg container because whatever temperature is in the incubator should be the same as inside the egg container.
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Thanks again, hon!!

Are you going to be at the WNY Herp Society Show this weekend??
 
SamanthaJane13 said:
Thanks again, hon!!

Are you going to be at the WNY Herp Society Show this weekend??
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You're welcome and I won't be attending the WNY Herp Society Show, the only shows I attend anymore are the local like Hamburg & Reading.

I think that dial thermo/hydrometer is the way to go I think I paid around that price for my dial hydrometer alone. :thumbsup:
 
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