One last thing I forgot to mention was that one egg started to get a dark circle on the end in the week before hatching. The shell started to look really thin, almost like the chalking had started to reverse and this covered the whole pointy end of the egg, which made me nervous as I thought it...
Its one month later so I thought I would give you an update on what happened... they hatched successfully! I'm so pleased!
I thought I'd give some more details of what happened in case anyone has similar issues in the future and just to share my experience.
Here's a timeline of what happened...
How did the hole happen? Are you sure it's not trying to hatch early?
Do you still have the piece of broken shell? If so, could you put it back and glue or tape it? I guess the cling film will do a similar job, so long as it is only over the hole and not covering the whole egg.
It might be best...
Thanks for the replies so far. I have ordered some Tegraderm as it would be good to have in the future. I applied a small amount of PVA glue as this was all I had available and I thought it better to act fast before the cracks got any larger. I have moved them onto a drier vermiculite as I think...
My Hermanns female laid eggs 24 days ago and tonight when I checked them in the incubator I saw that all 3 had long cracks (about the length of the egg) down one side. There is no smell and no sign of leaking fluid and I'm sure the cracks weren't there a few days ago when I checked.
Humidity has...
Thanks Tom. Should I be doing daily soaks when she is still in the brooder box, or just leave her undisturbed? What about sunlight? Does she need any?
I haven't seen her eat anything yet.
Thanks. I had seen the hatchling page but not the other one. Very informative.
Do you think her yolk sack looks normal? It hasn't changed size for a few days.
Hi, I posted this in the breeding section a few days ago but nobody has answered... can anybody help please?
I have a hermanns hatchling who left her egg six days ago. She has a weird looking yolk sack still attached. It has always been on the long thin side and now it is very shrivelled and...
Update: 2.30pm I just caught her trying to climb out of her pot. I'm hoping this is good as it shows she has some energy and is not weak and lifeless, although she is supposed to be resting! Seeing as she was up I gave her another quick soak and applied a little coconut oil to the shrivelled...
Hi all, I'm a first time breeder and have had 6 hermanns eggs hatch over the last few days. There is one tortoise I am worried about. She was the only one to leave her egg with some yolk sack remaining and I'm worried it is not absorbing and doesn't look right.
She left her egg on Monday at 4pm...