Incubating Reptile Eggs: Challenges and Solutions. Wilbanks Incubator Review. 

All I could think most of that video was "kevin.... shut the door" 😂 Im sure it was fine though... just a peeve of mine with things like refrigerators and Im sure incubators are the same

I remm this from reptile show have a good one man by the way we need to stand behind bryan b hes going thru a health scare needs are prayers

Thanks for sharing how you incubate your eggs. You are a fascinating person Kevin . You give so much information. Can everyone please say a prayer for Brian B as he and his family deal with his health diagnosis.

I can't believe you're going to South Africa Kevin! I was watching the live on Instagram when he told you about the trip. I was so excited when you decided you could do it! Thank you for this video about incubating eggs btw. I've just gotten my first pair of ball pythons I'm intending to breed when they get to the proper size (I own 7 snakes but these two are my very first female bp [het clown] and a male I was gifted that's pewter het clown) This information was so important for my future plans and I can't wait to see what my journey will entail. It's thanks to people like you that I ever had a dream as big as the one I'm currently working toward and I'm so grateful to you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. 🤘🏻❤️‍🔥

I am a professional Horse Trainer. Ask me anything about a equine and I can answer 99% of the time. My vets would walk into My barn and say, Debbi only one question a day. That was the way you learn. Kevin you are like me. Constantly Learning and sharing that knowledge. Don’t ever wasted day, but not asking questions I have gotten really into the reptiles learning so much and it’s all because of you Kevin. Keep it coming❤❤❤

Excellent class Kevin, and congratulations on you're new incubator. Can't wait to see your trip to Africa with Dingo, it's going to be crazy. Thanks for all you do to help educate us on proper reptile care.

What a great video!! Snake Discovery got a couple of those incubators too. They’re gorgeous! Also, the Bolen’s at the end…wow! Huge and beautiful!🐍❤️🐍

Man everybody goes all out with getting all these extra products to incubate their eggs.... Meanwhile I'm incubating on the same substrate I keep the snakes on, springtails and all, in a homemade foam cooler with a heat pad that has a temperature dial lol 89 degrees, 60 days to hatch 👌 I breed on a super small-scale so you know what they say, if it ain't broke 🤷🏻‍♀️

You mentioned "missing the local pet stores ". When I was younger there were mom and pops everywhere now it's just Petsmart and Petco....suxs

OMG you and will really have the same Taste in clothing huh? 😆

Say some prayers 🙏 for Brian b Kevin

I certainly did enjoy this video as I always do. At first I thought this was is going to be quite a long video but because it is so interesting and full of great information it didn't seem long at all. Very, very interesting.

Very nice addition. You’re like a kid at Christmas!🐍🦎

Lush incubator wonderful

Wonderful to see the photograph of Lilith in the background

Hi Kevin Such an excellent video. There was so much important information on the right, and wrong ways to incubate eggs. Your information may help some one to make a change in order to save that clutch of rggs. Love all of your videos. You show so much love, and passion for all of your reptiles.❤🐊Lizards🐍🐢Wonderful incubator.Cindy

Thank you to Kevin for the knowledge, but also showing the pros (and single con) of the Wilbanks incubators. Especially for anyone in a retail environment who wants to have an incubator on display - that's a major con and safety concern. I've seen others make homemade incubators, but I would be VERY interested in how you go about it - as you tend to be way more methodical and provide easy to understand yet fully comprehensive information.

Cool, Ed and Emily got a small one and a tall one. They look and sound pretty cool

Awesome video with very valuable information, and a bonus at the end. A beautiful large Boelen's Python!

I could listen to you all day, your so knowledgable :)

I'm glad to see someone excited about an expensive purchase. Because it's so common to go all out and spend a lot of money on a product and it disappoints. Glad to see Kevin got such a bad ass incubator.

Love WILBANKS! So glad his shop is only 10 minutes from my house.❤️ If there's a Christmas in July this year, you should def be there.

Love this - I've no intention of ever breeding but I love the science and info!

Great video … not planning to incubate anything but very interesting. With humidity being so important, I ‘m surprised that a humidifier option is not offered with incubators in general. Unless it’s an issue of expense and/or implementation?

This is a great video! Thanks for sharing!

Great video and great knowledge from the legend Kevin. I’m always eager to learn anything Kevin is willing to share. And incubation is no easy endeavor so this helps a lot and helped me solve some of the problems I had in the past and now looking forward to hatching more monitor eggs

Great video Kevin & donny

Thanks for the class Mr. Kevin.

You're one of the most intelligent people I have ever had the pleasure of learning from. I finally started reptile keeping and I have my husbandry correct because of you. Thank you for everything, Kevin. Congratulations on your awesome new incubator!

Thanks for being a great inspiration, Kevin. Awesome, informative vid

Really enjoyed this video!

Hi! I found you again! When my phones get replaced and my info rolled over, I tend to lose some of my fave channels. And I only frequent your snake channel bc even tho I don't like them, you've taught me so much about being less afraid. Last summer ( in upstate NY)I had a little visitor to my garden....a brown w white stripe garter snake (Sylvia) that my daughter (gentle soul) and I watched and one day my little friend was gone. This AM on RU-vid was pictured a San Francisco garter snake with such vibrant colors and I knew it was Sylvia's cousin! Props to you guys for bringing up the snake awareness and not the fear ❤

Everyone please send some love to Brian B, he really needs it right now. 💜☮️😢

Watching mom twitch to cover her eggs to protect them from you was precious to watch.

Very informative thanks!

Thanks guys !!

Great video

This is great! Talkin with Mike about these had gotten me pretty excited! Now I gotta swing by to check this out!

So, let me start off by saying I am not a reptile owner. However, I love your channel. I think that you, Kevin are so knowledgable and I love the way you speak to us as if we’re equal in knowledge and not dummies. Lol. You need your own show on National Geographic 😊

Wow! The information in this video is perfect. Going through the various types of incubation styles and techniques was super helpful! I was able to take mental notes and will definitely be adjusting somethings for this coming breeding season. Thank you!

Thanks a million Kevin... you are a treasure trove of valuable information! I have some serious incubator envy. Keep the amazing videos coming

Really cool vidio

I remember when I was a kid in the 70’s and a wild gecko laid eggs in a cardboard little jewelry box lined with cotton in my mom’s dresser drawer. I thought it was the coolest thing at the time.

No more ghetto-bators, now you have a MASTER-bator! 😁

Lol I use a old shop coke frige

Incredible information! Thank you for sharing!

Excited and impressed Kevin is the best!

Hey Kevin, that was a great episode with such a wealth of good information. I follow a lot of these reptile channels and I can see that quite a few of the guys look up to you for your knowledge and wisdom on reptiles so respect to you for that.

Never thought I would say this, but that is one sexy incubator. 😁

Great and interesting vid! Everyone really digs MikeW’s line of incubators. He really hit something the hobby really needed

I use a small refrigerator with some flex watt and a thermostat. Gets the job done.

20:33 If you have moisture collecting inside your egg box, if you can, ( High humidity inside some incubators can destroy the incubator ) Increase the humidity of the air outside of the egg box to match the humidity inside the egg box. Condensation can NOT form if the humidity/temps outside and inside the egg box are roughly the same, so you can have super humid air, without risk of liquid water dripping on/drowning the eggs. Also keep in mind humid air can carry/transfer more heat then dry air can.

What a cool and interesting video, Kevin!!! Thanks!!! 😁

Thank you for the advice. It’s nice to see the difference and how to do properly . You help us so much. Thank

Great video and the added bonus of the beautiful Boelins at the end!

Snake Discovery bought 2 and they love it too

I know it should be Obvious, buuuuut, I was just watching another channel the other day , and they were talking about how they use their tab water( which is community well water, buy it's salt water...) for there egg's- they use a container with the tray, but always put a rung out paper towel on top of the eggs and use that as a slightly moist blanket on their monitor egg... but after talking to a friend realized, that their water was treated saltwater- but he could still taste the salt , and he was starting to wander how much it had effected his egg loss in the past. So he switched to distilled water, which as I'm thinking about it, is not a good choice either because it can leach minerals (specifically, vital electrolytes) out of the body when consumed, but I don't know what it can do to a developing egg..... but, your water quality should be considered for your animals, especially your developing animals, if you won't drink your tap water neither should they....and they definitely shouldn't be hatched using it if it has any contaminates, weird smells, or if it at all questionable.... so, yeah...do you think the distilled is ok in the trays? and that is a total fail on the lock for that incubator, not only is it in a horrible spot, it offer hardly any theft prevention. lol

Fantastic video!! This is exactly why I love this channel. WISDOM for the rest of us. Thank you Kevin for taking the time to create this content. ❤🦎❤

These incubators seem amazing!!

Some eggs will be saved once people watch this educational content. Fantastic information thank you

Nice looking buddy at the end

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Great video.... good tips

Awesome vid guys 🙏

How are you keeping the humidity up in the retic cage

1:50 I always forget those newfangled "central air" devices haven't caught on in New England lol. Its really weird to me. Like San Diego not having them would make sense, summer highs are around 80 and winter lows are around 45. Very consistent. New England is hotter in the summers (with horrific humidity) AND is about 20 degrees colder in the winters! Dont know how you guys dont die constantly. Thank god denver bundlings are usually new enough to have that. We had 9 days last year above 100 and 5 below -5.....

Very Cool! 👍

Thanks man!

I watch a lot of reptile RU-vid channels, and by far, you deliver the most information on how to keep and maintain all reptiles thank you

I made my first incubator years ago with circulated air, oxygen input, humidity and the whole 9. I finally bought a real incubator a few years ago from Korea. They have a reptile version j picked up also. I have their hospital incubator and 3 egg incubators. The hospital incubator is for animal rehab. Excellent products. Wilbanks looks great too- they just weren’t around when I was in the market but I also needed a hospital incubator. The brand I have is called Rcom. I controlled my DIY build with PID temp control and it was so freaking stable. I went way too far with the electronics on that one LOL

Thank you for always sharing your knowledge with us. Even though I'll never incubate any eggs, I still watch every single video, I love learning new things, especially when it's about amazing creatures. Have a great day

I love your hypothesis on how python incubation works. It sounds more plausible to me than the one about shivering. As I think about it, it should have been obvious that the eggs would be warm. There's so much cellular activity involved in building a baby snake, that's definitely going to produce some waste heat that the mother can take advantage of during incubation. Very cool.

Great video!

I have been incubating various bird species eggs for a few years but I really want to get into incubation of reptiles whose populations are struggling. Can you please give me a few ideas about how I might get the proverbial ball rolling? I really don’t have any idea where to start.

Great video

Just wanted to ask how your doing Kevin. I know you and Brian are close and from personal experiences with my friends and the kind of news Brian got. I just hope your doing well man

Always love the content, incredibly informational and helpful especially as I’m looking to start breeding myself. There’s not enough western hognoses up here in the north east and I definitely plan on changing that.

Is there a way you can do a specific instructional video starting from receiving the baby Retic until 4-5 years old with the size of containers needed for the different size ranges the Retic will go through

Hi Kevin

That's nice! I wonder if it's better to have some peaks and valleys in your temps or keep the temp the same all the time. In nature there's peaks and valleys. That might be important for some reason but it causes condensation in your containers.

It is a privilege to watch somebody so dedicated to the care of his animals.

Oh so not with dav?!😊 Damn just how many people are friends with the man?

Great lessons from a great teacher. Appreciate the time and effort you guys put into education ❤

What do you think about the SIM containers Kevin?!

Wait wait wait, 88 days? You have to be kidding right?

Great stuff👍👍 Have you ever incubated uromastyx eggs?

You're awesome Kevin!! Hope all is well!! Have a nice day!!

I went to the nerd about one week ago and i loved Jeff, I was just wondering if we can see you feeding your lizards, and other reptiles for one video

Hey guys I noticed on morphmarket lots of ppl are not just putting the proper animals title in the title, wtf is going on now

I would kill to work at a place like New England reptiles I bet u learn a lot

No rodent pro codes anymore ? The one in the video before this one expired.

I'm kinda nosey so I would like to know what you do with your slugs

Was expecting high end incubators would be regulating humidity aswell.

What is the website where I can get one

how many bin holes in incubating ball python eggs?

You're such a good teacher

Any update on little beaker?

this is excellent.

Great video!

Priceless 🤟