Babies and an egg

[Tom]

She knows that. I didn’t know so it was rotated. I only had it for a day after finding it in the ground. I hope I didn’t cause it to have something wrong.

When they tumble out of the mother, they roll around and rotate. There is some period of time after laying, or possibly before development begins in the case of diapaused eggs, that is is okay to rotate them. Some say 24 hours, others says 48 hours. I've never experimented to find the answer. If the egg was cold in the ground and had not begun development when you rotated it, the egg should be okay.

 

[Tom]

Double post

 

[Lybingham]

Thanks, Tom. We just have to wait and see. This is so stressful.

 

[Tom]

Thanks, Tom. We just have to wait and see. This is so stressful.

Any movement from the babies? Even at room temp, they should have started to stir at this point.

 

[Lybingham]

Any movement from the babies? Even at room temp, they should have started to stir at this point.

I wrote two days ago that the babies were all dead. The egg is still in the incubator. As of yesterday, there was still no movement from the baby in the egg.

 

[Lybingham]

The egg is still in the incubator. No change or movement.

 

[Lybingham]

Just an update of no change in the egg. It’s still in the incubator.

 

[Lybingham]

Final update. The egg was not viable. It cracked from the gases inside.
I now will figure out where to put fences up in my backyard to keep Mr. T and Trudy apart, while still giving them room to roam and eat some grass.

 

[Lybingham]

P.S. They are currently brumating.

 

[AuroraShire]

You did your best. Don’t beat yourself up over it. I’m sure Mr T and Trudy will love their own enclosures

 

[Lybingham]

You did your best. Don’t beat yourself up over it. I’m sure Mr T and Trudy will love their own enclosures

Thank you. I love those two. I will do it!

 

[Lybingham]

The latest…
As stated above, Trudy and Mr T have separate enclosures outside. A couple weeks ago Trudy started digging shallow holes next to bushes. At first I thought she was trying to dig another burrow for some reason. Then I could tell she was digging to lay eggs. Now her and Mr T have not been together. I read that CDT can hold sperm for years. She was given to us well over a year ago (because too many babies!) and she layed eggs (very sad, all in my previous posts). Well, Miss Trudy has laid four eggs. I’m not touching or moving them. I put about a half inch of dirt over them. They are in the sun most of the day and in the sprinkler zone. I have put a large Tupperware lid (coved) and a windshield sun deflector over that to give protection from the sprinklers and I hope, from the sun’s heat. There is a place for air on one end. I am going to box in the area with 2x4s and redo the cover. If they survive, I want them contained until I can get a home setup for them. Any other suggestions?