I have had lots of eggs in the past, but finally just had my first Eastern Hermann's hatchling pip through this morning! He hasn't really made much progress since the initial pip. At what point do I intervene and peal some of the egg away? It hasnt even been 24 hours, but I would assume at some...
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For you experts out there, what is considered a good hatch rate for Eastern Hermann's? I have 7 eggs incubating at the moment (they were laid Memorial Day weekend), and wondered how many would typically be fertile? Right now (based on some candling) I believe I have at least 2 that are...
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Can anyone share what temperature and humidity they keep eggs incubating at to produce females for Testudo Hermanni Boettgeri (Eastern Hermann's)? My female dropped 4 eggs on Saturday and I have been incubating them at 89 degrees with 70% Humidity.
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I would appreciate any advice from those that have experience breeding Hermann's (Eastern subspecies).
I have a male that measures 5.5 SLC and female that measures the same. I have seen him mounting the female, but as I have watched I haven't seen his "willy" come out and so am wondering if...
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I have 2 Eastern Hermann's and live in a cold weather climate. My question is at what temperature do you all bring your tortoises inside? I typically bring mine in if the night time temps dip into the lower 60's, but I didnt know if thats too cold so wanted to get input from the group...
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Newbie here to the forum (long time lurker though) :)
I need some help identifying my Eastern Hermann's as male or female. I got them in August 2015 as hatchlings so they are roughly about a year and a half old. I noticed the plastron is pretty concave (makes me think male) but the...