I have a breeding pair, about 15 years old each, of BROWN BMT's and also one male BLACK BMT. The female emys emys has produced 3 clutches of 30+ eggs each year for the past 3 years. I have had the 3 adults since they were hatchlings and they are 14-15" carapace length each. The male brown, the...
My Manouria emys emys layed her 5th yearly batch of eggs (34) on Aug 1. Her post-egg-laying behavior this year is worrisome. Her nest building behavior was like past years and she stopped eating almost entirely beginning about 3 weeks before laying her eggs. Like last year, however, after...
I have previously posted my difficulties with successfully incubation. I have 36-42 eggs yearly for 3 consecutive years but not one hatching. I collect the eggs within minutes of laying (it is usually 95-105 degrees outside in Fresno, Ca at that time), keep them upright and move them to the...
This is a question that I would like to address to Burmese MT owners/breeders. My female gifted us with her third yearly clutch of eggs, twenty-nine total, all looking normal at the start. I had two Little Giant incubators, without fans, set up for about two months prior with stable temps...
My female M. emys emys laid her second clutch on Jul 16. It had been in the mid-100's for a month here in central Calif. I did as I did last summer and began collecting the eggs as soon as they appeared dry, even while she was still laying new eggs (37 total). I put the eggs in an incubator...
I have 3 adult Burmese mountain tortoises, a male and a female brown and a male black. The latter is lonely. Maybe I'm projecting some of my own stuff there but it seems so. The brown male is constantly mounting either of the other two and both males mount the female brown when they get the...
I have a pair of Burmese browns and the female laid her first clutch of 39 eggs on July 18. Pretty exciting...and a surprise. I had to put together an incubator quickly; unfamiliar territory. I obtained many opinions about substrate type, substrate moisture, general set-up, etc. I ended up...
RE: 8 year old Asian brown, first clutch layed 2 wks ago. She had not eaten for almost a month prior and is still not eating more than a little nibble on "candy" (ripe banana and sweet potato), ignoring her greens. She is pacing around the yard normally am and pm, although with less vigor than...
I need to sell my four year-old Egyptian. He/she is healthy, a big eater. I will be moving in the next 6-8 months into a smaller home/yard and I am choosing to keep and focus on my three Burmese mountains. Also, in all fairness/justice to this highly endangered breed, I would like to see...
I am new to this forum and have a 3 year-old Egyptian and he/she seems to be doing well. Following the discussion above, I began to question my setup, however. I built the enclosure of wood frame and glass all around. It sets right next to a large window that gets indirect lighting (the...