Hello.
I have two tortoises, a 6 year old male and an (approx.) 8 year old female. They have mated (many times) and the female has dug nests and laid 3 batches of 4-5 eggs over the past couple of years. I have been trying to hatch them, have purchased three different incubators and done tons of research and talked to people at reptile stores and everything I can think of, but I cannot get the eggs to hatch. I honestly don’t think I’m doing anything wrong, but every single batch after about 6 weeks, the eggs begin exploding.
At this point I am starting to wonder if maybe there is something wrong with the tortoises? They both appear to be active and healthy and have never had any kind of medical problems. I’m getting so frustrated and don’t know what else I can do! Does anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong or what I can do to get the eggs to hatch next time? Just threw out the last of the 5 eggs she laid about 4 weeks ago because they were rotting .
(Using a Hovabator with Hatchrite at 86-88 degrees and 70-80% humidity. Carefully removed eggs minutes after they were laid and put into incubator without turning them and have not touched them since.)
I have two tortoises, a 6 year old male and an (approx.) 8 year old female. They have mated (many times) and the female has dug nests and laid 3 batches of 4-5 eggs over the past couple of years. I have been trying to hatch them, have purchased three different incubators and done tons of research and talked to people at reptile stores and everything I can think of, but I cannot get the eggs to hatch. I honestly don’t think I’m doing anything wrong, but every single batch after about 6 weeks, the eggs begin exploding.
At this point I am starting to wonder if maybe there is something wrong with the tortoises? They both appear to be active and healthy and have never had any kind of medical problems. I’m getting so frustrated and don’t know what else I can do! Does anyone have any ideas on what could be wrong or what I can do to get the eggs to hatch next time? Just threw out the last of the 5 eggs she laid about 4 weeks ago because they were rotting .
(Using a Hovabator with Hatchrite at 86-88 degrees and 70-80% humidity. Carefully removed eggs minutes after they were laid and put into incubator without turning them and have not touched them since.)