Thank you! I appreciate the information. I didn’t realize that you aren’t supposed to even really move the eggs AT ALL. Lesson learned.
I ordered the incubation medium in a panic the night the eggs were laid so the stuff that is on the way is 100% natural clay based little rock chips from...
They were partially buried in the sand before but I put an x on the highest point of each egg in the position my partner put them in when he found them initially. I only tilted them briefly to candle them and take these photos.
I am using an iPhone flashlight on top of a towel. The sand is the...
The eggs are officially 3 days old now and after candling, the only egg I have questions about is the first one. Does it look like it needs to be flipped?
I included photos of the other 3 for comparison.
Thank you for the reply.
Am I correct in thinking that the embryo adheres to the side of the egg after a couple days? How do tortoises do this in the wild? There is no way the mama tortoise just pops them out magically right side up.
will try the dark room check and vermiculite when I get...
I saw my girl tortoise (15ish y/o) yesterday morning before leaving for work and everything seemed normal. Then my partner calls me that evening saying she laid 4 eggs! No one was present while she was laying - they were just there when he got home. I had no idea she was pregnant at all! There...