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Yes, she is quite fertile and has laid around 22 eggs that I know of. Several were cracked by myself and the torts because I didn’t know they were there. For instance, she laid 5 in her hide and my male dug them up and cracked two while he was getting comfortable one day. I moved the other thee...

I’m sorry to say that the poor little guy didn’t make it. I think it was just too much for him given that he was so little. Once he passed, I took a really good look at his leg and it was actually completely open and the leg was barely attached by muscle and skin. I could see his femur and hip...

That makes sense. I’ll consult my vet. Thanks.

@Tom what do you think? I don’t think the back left leg is ever going to function at all.

Thank you! I will reach out once he’s eating and gaining weight.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. As soon as the plastron fuses, I was going see about attaching tiny wheel. Infection is a real possibility. I was able to get some of the dirt off but there is still quite a bit of dirt in the yolk sac and some crevices. I didn’t see any blood on him or...

I may need suggestions for ways to attach wheels on this little guy soon

Well, the little peanut made it through the night and evidently moved around some to temperature regulate. I’ll soak him a few times to day and hopefully it’ll stay hydrated. Last night when I was trying to clean it up, it moved around a lot and was pretty feisty trying to bit at me. Hopefully...

Thanks for the info. I’ll get it set up with a proper heat source and water tonight. I’ll post if it makes it through the night. Poor little peanut.

I think my adult female tortoise stepped on an egg that I didn’t know about and perhaps spurred it to hatch. I found the hatchling among the pieces of shell and it is very small, 22 g, the shell is very soft and the plastron scoots are far from fusing. There is quite a bit of the yolk sac intact...

I don’t know where you live but here in South Florida, I have found it easiest to leave the eggs where they are laid, if they’re in a safe area, and I put a round wire cage around the eggs so that when the tortoises hatch they come up and end up corralled in the little wire cage. That way they...

Will do. Thanks.

I have found a home for all of the babies. I want to thank everyone who contacted me about them. My big girl is still laying eggs every so often, so I may be back to adopt out more. Thanks.

I think I have a safe way to ship depending on the weather.