EASTER EGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kirsten_Lenz]

Well, my young 5 yr old Ellie (redfoot tort) originally gave me her first eggy on Valentine's day. And just now, I passed her tank and said "Give me an Easter Egg!" and went to unpack my groceries and when I came back, she had a big eggy sitting right behind her!

This one is a bit more elongated then the first and bigger and I still do not believe she has ever been mated in my keeping so I assume there is no baby torts for me but there is a lot of clear mucus and some blood streaking. I would like to know if this is normal?

I will take eggy pictures right now.

Kirsten && Ellie

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

 

[Kirsten_Lenz]

Yeah I thought it was way cool too!

Here's the 2nd egg!

 

[dmarcus]

Very very cool..

 

[wellington]

Are you going to try and incubate them? Female Tortoises can hold sperm until then want? To use it. Not sure what it is called, but they can. I would try it if it were me. Unless of course you have had her since she was a baby, well then you would know for sure she has never mated.

 

[Weda737]

ohhh incubate it, wouldn't it be awesome if something came of it?!

 

[wellington]

Can someone say how long before you can candle it to see if there is anything in it?. It would be so cool, if there was a baby. However if they didn't think to try and incubate, it would probably be to late now, right?

 

[Weda737]

You could candle it now to see if there are any veins, that could help tell if it's fertile.

 

[Kirsten_Lenz]

You could candle it now to see if there are any veins, that could help tell if it's fertile.

Well I candled both and the first was just a plain old unfertilized egg

And the second I believe is also unfertilized and in the fridge cuz my dad wants to show his friend. Ellie is really kinda on the small size for a 5 year old and to my knowledge has not been bred. I've owned her for about 2 years now so I doubt she has been mated.

And I thought only snakes retained sperm! Shows what I know! But of course I did check before cracking one and keeping the other. I would like to eventually breed her but I dunno if I have the money for the incubator or whatever. Or who I'd even sell the babies to.

Kirsten && Ellie