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Hey everyone!
I haven't been to active on this thread, but I love tortoises and have always used the info here to help me out as I take care of mine. There has been some great advice so thank you all for sharing your knowledge. I own a Russian Tortoise thanks to a current forum member. I have also been raising sulcatas for some time and finally decided to breed them and see how I like it after doing much research.
Yesterday my big female (I used her for my profile picture) laid her first clutch ever! She laid a whopping 30 eggs! One was cracked open unfortunately and 2 have slight cracks in them, but the rest are great. I am going to go ahead and incubate the 2 with slight cracks in them and see what happens.
I built my own incubator using an old wine cooler with a ceramic heat emitter inside attached to a thermostat. I have attached some pictures. Please take a look and let me know if you have any recommendations. From what I've read, it seems best to incubate anywhere from 84 degrees F to 89. I have mine set at 87. Also, I was wondering how high I should keep the humidity inside. I added water to vermiculite for my substrate.
I haven't been to active on this thread, but I love tortoises and have always used the info here to help me out as I take care of mine. There has been some great advice so thank you all for sharing your knowledge. I own a Russian Tortoise thanks to a current forum member. I have also been raising sulcatas for some time and finally decided to breed them and see how I like it after doing much research.
Yesterday my big female (I used her for my profile picture) laid her first clutch ever! She laid a whopping 30 eggs! One was cracked open unfortunately and 2 have slight cracks in them, but the rest are great. I am going to go ahead and incubate the 2 with slight cracks in them and see what happens.
I built my own incubator using an old wine cooler with a ceramic heat emitter inside attached to a thermostat. I have attached some pictures. Please take a look and let me know if you have any recommendations. From what I've read, it seems best to incubate anywhere from 84 degrees F to 89. I have mine set at 87. Also, I was wondering how high I should keep the humidity inside. I added water to vermiculite for my substrate.