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How can I make a homemade reptile incubator quick and cheap?

For bearded dragon eggs.

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1. I wouldn't go with homemade, they're unreliable. If you absolutely have to, then try putting the eggs in moss that is damp, with a 100watt light over them. Enclose this in a 10gal aquarium and put a heat pad set on low under it. This probably wont hatch the eggs, so invest in an incubator VERY soon. good luck.
2. fill a 20 long fishtank about five inches with water, place a submersable heater in the tank and set it for 86F-90F (do the reasearch on that one) place a few bricks in the tank then put a small storage container half full of vermiculite on the bricks, put the eggs in the containter in the exact posission they were laid, then cover the tank with a glass aquaium lid, open it twice a day for a minute and make sure the eggs havent sunken in or turned black
3. In the bottom of an aquarium put a heating pad (those for back ache, found in stores) and then cover the pad with enough sand to cover the eggs, turn the pad on and that's it.
4. You can go with the aquarium method with a couple inches of water, overhead lighting and/or tank heater, and container of vermiculite sitting above the water...or you can use a styrofoam cooler with a trashbag liner inside and container of vermiculite sitting at the bottom. Cut a square in the lid of the cooler and put in a piece of plexiglass. Then run a nightlight on an extension cord, or a similar low wattage light fixture inside. Essentially this is all a "professionally made" incubator is. They charge $40-60 for these fancy styrofoam boxes with a thermostat and heating element. Only an idiot would pay that when you could build one for a little over $10-15. You can get fancy with your homemade too by adding digital humidity and temp gauges ( even wireless ), thermostats, and heat elements, etc. Do a google for homemade or do it yourself incubator plans.