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Hello everyone! We had a successful hatch! I did leave him alone most of Tuesday but rolled him over before I went to bed. I woke up on Wednesday and he was straight up with his head and front legs in the air. I rolled him down and left him be but there was no progression. I kept finding...

Ugh, so conflicted! We had one in the past that pipped a good hole, we could tell he was upside down but he never fully hatched and died in the egg. This guy has progressed quickly, no sign of hatching yesterday and when I got up this morning his head and front legs are out. I'll leave him be...

Thank you Yvonne! You are my hero!!! I appreciate you and all your informative wonderful posts!!!!

One of my leopard tortoise eggs is hatching upside down. The head and front legs have emerged from the shell. Should this be left alone or do I need to carefully turn the egg? Thank you for your help!

Thank you for the warm welcome! I did not see that article yet, I appreciate you pointing it out!

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Thank you for the welcome! By family, I meant that they are our family, each as an individual, not that they are family to each other. They each have their areas of the yard that they are usually in and they don't "bother" each other. They will go days without "socializing" with the other...

Summer and winter enclosures. They each see sun a few hours a day. The winter enclosure with the white fence behind it can't be used if it is too hot out. The summer enclosure with the cinderblock does not get sun at all in winter so we can't use it during those months.

Not sure if I'm posting pics properly but here goes....

Hello everyone! We've had Leopard Tortoises, Bubba Ling and Dude A Ling for about 15 years. We were told they were both males. They have roamed around our yard happy and healthy with only minor issues over the years. In October of 2016, my husband came running in one morning yelling "Bubba's...