Gargantuan Egg

[tortadise]

Out of thousands of eggs and Sulcata hatchlings we've produced here. I have never seen this before. One in particular is literally the size of a Galapagos tortoise egg. It's almost 3". Also there's about 3-4 more in this clutch that are mammothly large too. Pretty cool.

 

[gingerbee]

Wow will be great to see the babies compared to their clutch mates!!

 

[Yvonne G]

Yipes! Twins!!

 

[stojanovski92113]

Pretty cool...looking forward to when they hatch!!

 

[tortadise]

Yipes! Twins!!

That's what I'm thinking. Wouldn't that be weird if all 5 big eggs were twins. Ha

 

[cassieopia]

I don't know much about tortoise hatchlings or eggs- is twinning even possible?

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

I don't know much about tortoise hatchlings or eggs- is twinning even possible?

Happens almost regularly. Even in wild populations. I've recently seen a photo of an adult twin red eared slider that was a wild caught adult.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

To expand. These twins are typically conjoined twins. The slider I saw was just that, conjoined. And a healthy one at that.

 

[bouaboua]

Yvonne and Cowboy speak my mind. TWIN! ! ! !

I know at least one case of such hatch! ! !

 

[cassieopia]

I've seen conjoined turtles and tortoises- any of you breeders know of an actual set of twins? I think this is amazing- never really occurred to me before

 

[Heather H]

I can't wait to see what they look like when they hatch. How long does it take?

 

[Heather H]

If they are conjoined what are you going to do with them.

 

[tortadise]

If they are conjoined what are you going to do with them.

Depends on how they hatch out. Conjoined typically share one embryonic sac. So they have to be removed from one another. Usually a suture or some fishing line cutting off the sac into two works. Has to be done carefully. We shall see what happens if twins come out. If it's one I'm curious how big that little guy will be. There's about 6 more eggs that are much larger than normal too. So kinda a weird clutch for her.

 

[tortadise]

I can't wait to see what they look like when they hatch. How long does it take?

This clutch should hatch in another 6-8 weeks

 

[Heather H]

Are you going to try to document the hatching. I for one would love to see this.

 

[cassieopia]

YES PLEASE!

 

[tortadise]

Are you going to try to document the hatching. I for one would love to see this.

Certainly, especially if it's a twin or triplet. They typically take longer to come out because there all wonkie in the egg.

 

[turtlelady80]

Keep us updated! This is exciting!

 

[AmRoKo]

Maybe it will be a big fatty fat piggy baby, and it will eat all the nom nom noms. :3

 

[Carol S]

It must of been painful for the female to lay that huge egg.