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On Aug 28 there is a show at the Arizona Fair Grounds in Phoenix.

Tortoises and turtles do attach to their shells, That is why you can't turn eggs from the position that they are laid in. The first day or so is okay. Once they have attached, turning them can kill the embryo.

95 sounds pretty comfortable to me.We are looking forward for the temp to drop to 100. My Stars and Leopards usually don't come out until evening, and don't lay until dark.

That is what I thought, but in the video, they were not turned. Maybe because they are turned so that they don't stick to the shell, and the embryo don't stick to the plastic.

Have all the AZ people dried up? Am I the only one left?

Did I miss it? Don't chicken eggs have to be periodically turned?

I have a group of well established youngsters. They are eating a healthy variety of foods, and growing great. They are using damp hide boxes. The oldest ones are about 3 months old. I am asking $100. + $50. shipping each, or 2 for $175. + $50. shipping.

Yeah, also my albinos became really overpriced lately.

My Caramel females have laid their first clutches this year. Being it is the first time they were large enough to lay, the eggs were small. This is what I found today.

This week, I have had a Sari Lankin Star lay her second clutch of the season, and 5 out of five from another female hatched. They should all be females.The 5 hatchlings that is.

He said she been egg bound, and it got infected. He said "possibly" she was not assimilating enough of the calcium. They eat Mazuri, Reptomin, etc. and always have cuttlebone available.

I keep most of my turtles, and tortoises outside, all year long. In the last few years, I have a few large indoor set ups. Mostly with water turtles. Over those years, I have lost a few gravid females. When I had my most recent necropsy, the vet suggested that using a MVB should help the...

Is anybody from AZ going to the Show on June 13th? I am trying to get a couple of small lizards picked up from an exhibitor there. If you can, I would be glad to pay for delivery.

I never give up on eggs until they open or smell real bad. Hopefully, they will prove me wrong.

Today I dug up my Caramel's laying area, and unexpectedly found 8 eggs. Unfortunately, I busted the first one. There were 7 more. Like the 10 from the other female, they were a little small, but it is the first clutches from both young females. I do not have high hopes on fertility, being it is...