New Leopard Gecko

[Catherine]

Quote:looks like I'll be making my own incubator. I looked online and the only one either of the pet stores around me has is the zoo med incubator and the reviews were horrible. I can probably make it cheaper anyway.

I need to start looking into timers for the lights to come on and off automatically. It will make their life easier and they will get a set "sun" schedule. It will making breeding easier for them too. Right now I just turn the light on when I wake up and turn it off 9-12 hours later. But depending on my work schedule it could be as early as 5am or as late as 12pm. Most day's though I can get it on at around 9am or 10m and turn it off around 8 or 9. They both have tank heaters that stay on all the time so at least they have that.

Timers are a must. They give a more regular day length and they make life so much easier for you. You are not tied to your tanks on a daily schedule.

People do make their own incubators and they seem to work just fine. Let me know how that goes. It would be harder with snakes because the clutches are so big and they all come at once. The incubator I have access to is made from an old refrigerator. It has heaters instead of coolant and it is on a thermostat. It works very well and holds lots of boxes of eggs.
I was taught to put the eggs in damp peat moss and cover them with sphagnum moss. Both of them are clean and prevent the eggs from molding. That is a big problem with eggs. If an egg molds, it dies because it can't breath. Reptile eggs are soft so they can take in air and moisture. They also have to stay level. Do not tip them because the baby develops above the yolk.

If you keep your meal worms in a big enough container, with food and carrot or apple for moisture, then they will breed. (that is regular sized, not super meal worms) It saves money if you can breed your own. Crickets are too much trouble to breed. It is easier to buy them.

That sounds like a super tank sale. My best tank source is "garbage day". People in Toronto, when they don't want something anymore, just put it out on the sidewalk and who ever wants it takes it. Cracked fish tanks are fine for reptiles because the tanks are dry. Usually you have to buy the lids. No one ever throws out a good lid.