We have a 40plus yr old male desert tortoise and a 30 yr old female. Have had them both since the female was a hatchling. We also have (8) 1 yr old hatchlings, a 1 week old and 2 day old twins hatched from 1 egg and both joined to the sac. Anyone have experience handling "twins"?
care of "twins"
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Is the yolk sac absorbing? I think when its all absorbed you SHOULD have two separate babies.
Yvonne
Yvonne
emysemys said:
The sac absorbed quickly but there is still a umbilical like connection.
That doesn't sound good. Take a look at this thread and see if it helps you.
http://tortoiseforum.org/thread-9114.html?highlight=twins
Send Stells a PM and ask her how she "tied off" the twins umbilical.
Yvonne
http://tortoiseforum.org/thread-9114.html?highlight=twins
Send Stells a PM and ask her how she "tied off" the twins umbilical.
Yvonne
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You need to tie them off.. you can use non flavoured dental floss... if all the yolk has absorbed i would tie two bits off with a small gap inbetween... tie them tight then cut where the gap is...
Good luck with your twins and please keep us informed.
If tortoises have an umbilical cord, and it has to be tied off, then it falls off....
where is their belly button?
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where is their belly button?
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Unless there were 2 seperate yolks in the egg, than yes all twins are joined together. They both feed off the same yolk sack, so will be joined by that.
Kelly has given excellent advice to seperate the 2 hatchlings.
Danny
Kelly has given excellent advice to seperate the 2 hatchlings.
Danny
Thanks for the help. We tied off each end of the cord and then cut the cord. Before starting i cooled them off in the refrigerator to slow them down. Everything looks good, no bleeding and they are running all over their enclosure and eating like nothing ever happened.
Wayne
Wayne
Good to hear.
When will we be seeing pics?
When will we be seeing pics?
Oh, Wayne...I'm so VERY glad that they seem to be ok. I hope you took before and after pictures.
Yvonne
Yvonne
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Glad they are doing well Well done i hope they thrive for you
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Hi...Just wondering how the twins are doing?
Good luck
Patsy
Good luck
Patsy
The twins are doing great. Chasing their big sister (2 wks old) all over the place. They seem so small compared to her. She (rachel) is 2-1/8 in x 1-3/4 in and very lite color. The twins ( no names yet) are 1-1/2 x 1-1/4 in. and dark colored. The remaining cord with the string attached fell off this morning. So far so good.
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That is so good to hear....any chance of posting pics before they catch up to Rachel??
Finally I have pics of the "Twins", Ping & Pond, big sister Rachel And The " monsters" our beloved yearlings, Blackie, Brownie, Boxy, Spotty, Bump, Krinkle, Wrinkle and Sammy.
Oops, now i have to figure out how to attach the pics.
Oops, now i have to figure out how to attach the pics.
hurry ..... we all want to see these little miricals
Kymiie said:
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Miracles... in the UK it means something so special we also use luck one!
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