incubation

Hello everyone, I’m from Cairo, Egypt, and this is my first time trying to hatch Greek tortoise eggs without an incubator. I currently have 6 eggs. I only candled them once last week — only one egg looked dark with visible veins, while the others still appeared yellow. They have been...

Hello Tortoise Forum! After a while I decided to check the results of the incubation process again. I am not an expert in this field, and I have a question: are these eggs fertile? The third one looks redder than the others

I want to share an update and ask for some guidance regarding the eggs from my tortoise. Egg 1 (laid 23.3): Showing signs of chalking, but I also noticed some fungus-like spots on the shell. I’ve cleaned it gently with a clean cloth and removed the visible fungus. Egg 2 (laid 31.3): No signs...

Hello again, I will get straight to the point since the matter is urgent. Some people have planted 11 tortoise eggs in our construction for whatever superstitious reasons. One of them fell as we were collecting them and it slightly cracked. There was no leakage but the inner shell soft layer is...

Hello, my female three-toed laid these 3 eggs on 1/23/24, (54 days ago), they've been incubating at 84F and 80-85% humidity. I am using a hovabator 1602N. They started denting on day 49 and it has got slightly worse each day despite me adding a few drops of water around each egg daily. I have 3...

One of my female Russian tortoises laid eggs today. Unfortunately, she broke one of them, but the yolk was still intact in the dirt. I very carefully spooned it up and brought it inside, since I remember seeing a thread here about an external incubation in saran wrap. (Here...

Hi all, Shortly after I acquired 3 beautiful Sri Lankan Star hatchlings, one of my young female Sulcata decided to lay. This is her first clutch. Honestly didn't know how long they were laid for but its been mid 70's (at most) outside for the past 2-3 weeks in San Diego so even if it was that...

Hi, I have a male and female redfooted tortoise. I noticed today (09/19/21) that there were eggs. I thought they were mushrooms at first. I marked the tops and put them in vermiculite and moistened it. I live in Buffalo, NY - the low tonight is 55 degrees Fahrenheit. There will be snow on...

Hi guys! Exactly 3 weeks ago my Russian tortoise laid 2 eggs. This is my first time with the eggs and I’m very worried as well as excited. So, the first embryo seems to be developing okay (according to many pics I’ve seen in the last 3 weeks). But the second one seems to be having some...

I'd really like to thank everyone that's contributed information about how to incubate tortoise eggs. I've learned A TON from TFO. Here's a look at what I'm doing with Kinixys. Thanks! -Tom

This breeding season I collected a total of 28 eggs from my 4 female Indotestudo Elongata. Here's my hatch rate thus far: Healthy hatchlings: 10 Slugs: 3 Perfectly formed stillborns: 11 Still incubating: 4 I'm really pleased with the 10 healthy hatchlings, but pretty sad about the 11 that...

Hello All, Hoping I can get some advise for my Easter Eggs (Laid on Easter Monday!) So just to fill you in... I got Tatty back in August 2018 and she was kept with another two tortoises, who were all unconfirmed gender - I took mine to the vets and had it confirmed I had a girl. The previous...

I am looking for advice regarding incubating leopard tortoise eggs. What incubator should I get? What temperature is optimal to produce more females? How should I go about incubating the eggs?

Hello, I recently joined the forum. I figured it was a good time, because I plan to achieve my goal of owning a redfoot - a desire I’ve had for years - very soon. I’ve got a terrarium setup that I bought before I knew about tortoise tables, and it’s looking quite cozy so far (for a starter...

Hey guys, Thanks a lot for help I think I over panicked my darling finally laid eggs two days back! And that was the best sight. But now I want to know if I should take them out from soil and incubate artificially or not because the soil of my garden have became very hard! Need help