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    Thermometer-Hydrometer accuracy

    I'm trying for a second time to hatch some sulcata eggs. First time my Repitbator incubator had a power surge, and reset the temperature to 95, went past 99 and cooked my eggs. Now I've got a backup power unit and monitor the temp really often which brings me to the heading... Four meters four...
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    Buried eggs

    If a Sulcata buries her eggs nearly a foot deep in moist sandy Florida soil...why do eggs in incubators only be covered about half way?
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    Clear eggs

    Can a freshly laid Sulcatas egg be fertile if it is clear? Chicken eggs have yolks whether fertile or not. Does a tortoise egg need a yolk to be fertile?
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    Lots of Sulcata mating before eggs....no mating after, is that normal?

    My male Sulcata was on the female nearly constantly for the month or two or more before she laid eggs. Afterwards he seems to have lost interest in her. Do the females have cycles the males can determine? His total interest now is his tunnel to China that she sometimes also stays in.
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