Authored by Todd Cornwell Unique Birthday Party Parties for Kids & Reptile Rescue
Small Breeders Dilemma
If you are like me, I hatch out a couple of clutches a year. I have clients who want to buy from me, sometimes after a party, or as a gift at the party. Knowing who the breeder is can be very important. So I invested in a decent incubator and a hatchling rack. I have my big rack (10 – 32 qt tubs), and my hatchling rack (10 – 6 qt tubs). Never really thought about it till now.
In July 2014, I cut a very cool clutch. The dad was lemon pastel, the mom? That apparently was in question. We now believe she is orange dream, but as the orange dream gene fades out as they age, I did not realize she was, so I have some very cool babies and I am hoping to prove it out in a couple of years. But what to do with the babies? At 7 months one is getting too big for a 6 qt, but too small to fill a 32 qt tub. This would take up 2 spaces in my adult rack for the 2 babies I kept.
So I am improvising and I think it’s going to work great.
I went to target and bought another 32 qt tub ($7). Cut the top so it will slide into the center of the tub, siliconed it in place ($4 for silicone) *Editors note: always use aquarium silicone, added a wooden dowel ($1) for added support. So now in my adult rack, I can insert this 32 qt tub, and in actuality, it holds 2 – 16 qt spaces. My own yearling tub, without the expense of buying a whole new rack for a couple of holdbacks.
Maybe, probably, this has been done before. But maybe there’s someone out there, like me, trying to decide what to do with a couple of babies who are getting bigger.
