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So my wife decided to go back to school and I sold off all of my reptiles here about six months ago. I knew that someday, I would get back to it as I am a pet person. Upon further review of how much time I would have and our financial situation, I have realized that I can still keep at my hobby ball python breeding. I opted to not breed beardies again due to the time investment and the large clutch sizes.

When I got out of the hobby, I got rid of 99% of my stuff. I have begun acquiring items again to get setup for arrival of new animals. Here is a list of what I have on order:

Freedom Breeder 1010 rack
Herpstat 2 Thermostat
Reptizorb CB 70 Liners
16 oz Deli cups
F10sc disinfectant
F10SCXD cleaner/sanitizer
Pro Exotics temp gun
Various sized hides
Ordering frozen rats and mice here in the near future.

I have not purchased a new incubator as I am still unsure of what route I am wanting to go on that. Am I missing anything?
 
Welcome back! Some things I regularly use... Snake hook. Is your rack heated? I'm guessing yes. Where did you order your 16oz deli's? Quarantine setup. Latex gloves if you use them. I keep my stuff on Aspen. Are you happy with the liners? Can you use the liners with the built in water holders? Hand sanitizer.
 
cahrens said:
Welcome back! Some things I regularly use... Snake hook. Is your rack heated? I'm guessing yes. Where did you order your 16oz deli's? Quarantine setup. Latex gloves if you use them. I keep my stuff on Aspen. Are you happy with the liners? Can you use the liners with the built in water holders? Hand sanitizer.
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Thank you for the suggestions! The rack I have ordered is heated. I ordered the deli cups from Freedom Breeder as well. I do not currently have the rack or liners (getting my wife moved first). I have purchased animals through other Fauna members recently so I have everything timed to be delivered after I am done getting my wife moved and the weather has a chance to cool down a bit.

I used both aspen and news paper before. Aspen was nice as it cut down on the odor a bit. These liners are made for the rack I have purchased and they have the holes already precut. I am anxious to see how they work out.

I forgot I am going to need to get a new space heater as well for the room. I live in SD so when the season changes to winter, it gets fairly cold here.
 
Ever thought of using an old upright freezer for an incubator? We converted one for cheap. Found a broken one took compressor off and drilled a hole for the cord from the flexwatt to run outside to the thermostat and sealed it with "great stuff". We used 5 feet of 11 inch flexwatt down the center and will be installing fans for next season cause temps were not constant. Incubated 10 clutches this year no problem. Oh and one last thing... PATIENCE!
 
Reptile Frenzy said:
Ever thought of using an old upright freezer for an incubator? We converted one for cheap. Found a broken one took compressor off and drilled a hole for the cord from the flexwatt to run outside to the thermostat and sealed it with "great stuff". We used 5 feet of 11 inch flexwatt down the center and will be installing fans for next season cause temps were not constant. Incubated 10 clutches this year no problem. Oh and one last thing... PATIENCE!
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I actually have a stand up freezer that I occassionaly use for lagering homebrew. I suppose I could convert that and stick to ales for awhile :) .

As for the patience, I am taking a bit different approach to breeding this time. I purchased a few single gene animals that I plan to breed to kind of work my way up. I got a few "higher end" that are 2013 hatchlings that I plan to grow up and breed in the 2016/2017 breeding season.

Here is what I have coming:

Adult Female Spider
Adult Female Cinnamon
Adult Female Pastel
2x 2013 het Pied Females
2013 Lavender Albino Spider Female
2013 Pied Male
Adult Pastel Orange Ghost Male

My goal is to work with the Bumble Bee morph as it is my favorite. It will take me a few years to get where I want to be but I think the wait will be worth it.
 
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