Humidity precentage

[ofek]

In case of incubating an egg in a non "sandy" medium ( such as vermiculite or perlite and etc.) but in something like a birds incubator, what are the humidity precents needed?
thanks, guys.

 

[ofek]

Guys, any idea?

 

[snakegirl]

i just go off looks i dont know, i just do a 1.1 mix

 

[ofek]

thats what I do, but a friend asked me about incubating with no substrate, and I don't know what to tell him...

 

[snakegirl]

i dont think that will work, you need it in order to give the eggs the humidity,Balance, and just give you a chance for them to hatch, Since its very unlikely eggs will hatch with no incubating medium

 

[ofek]

Actually, you might wanna take a look at this: http://www.squamataconcepts.com/products-details.php?id=1
It's Gregg M's idea. Never tried but looks interesting...
My question to Gregg is what is the humidity precenatge needed.

 

[acpart]

Most people are using bird incubators for their first incubator. In the US it's frequently a hobovator which was intended as a bird incubator. The answer is that most people place the eggs into a covered plastic container with a moist substrate to provide the humidity. The container goes right into the incubator. The SIM which you've been provided a link for above also uses moist substrate, but the eggs are suspended above, not in, the substrate. There is quite a bit of discussion in another thread about how to achieve the best humidity for the eggs in the SIM. I don't think reptile eggs placed directly into an incubator will be able to have the correct humidity to hatch.

Aliza

 

[ofek]

Thanks Aliza!
My friend claims he can provide humidity into the bird's incubator (he can detrmine the humidity precentage), so...if it's true, how much humidity is needed?
80%?
more...?

 

[acpart]

Once I put a cheap hygrometer (measure of humidity) into the egg container and found that the humidity was 80-90%, though I don't know to what extent I trust that particular device.

Aliza

 

[Northstar Herp]

I just got a SIM, and a brand new incubator. With hatchrite in the SIM, the humidity read 90% for a week.

I know that's not an answer, but it's all I've got...

 

[ofek]

thank you Aliza & Kevin!
I guess it's suppose to be about 90%...