Help! Advice for new hatchling

[beccabrace]

Hi, I have had this hatchling for a month now, this is my first and only baby hatched and I was wondering if this is normal. Thanks, any advice would be really appreciated!

 

[Donna Shaw]

Hi, I have had this hatchling for a month now, this is my first and only baby hatched and I was wondering if this is normal. Thanks, any advice would be really appreciated!View attachment 300025

I'm no expert and I don't have hatchlings but the vet told me to keep an eye out for any pinkish areas underneath and seek an appointment asap if I found anything. Maybe wait for one of the experts to come along and give you some advice.

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

Thats just the “belly button” where the yolk sac was attached. Not fully healed yet. Soak ur baby everyday.

 

[Markw84]

That looks more orangish and like the egg yolk scar has been having trouble healing properly and is now trying to scab over a bit. It is not how it should look. The baby's whole plastron and the scar area shows the baby is being kept way too dry. It needs some good long soaks in warm water and to be kept in a humid enclosure with moist substrate.

 

[beccabrace]

That looks more orangish and like the egg yolk scar has been having trouble healing properly and is now trying to scab over a bit. It is not how it should look. The baby's whole plastron and the scar area shows the baby is being kept way too dry. It needs some good long soaks in warm water and to be kept in a humid enclosure with moist substrate.

Thank you. I thought so but i just wasnt too sure.

 

[beccabrace]

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Thats just the “belly button” where the yolk sac was attached. Not fully healed yet. Soak ur baby everyday.

Thank you!

 

[Tom]

Hi, I have had this hatchling for a month now, this is my first and only baby hatched and I was wondering if this is normal. Thanks, any advice would be really appreciated!View attachment 300025

I agree that it is not normal. Did you use a brooder box?

Here is some info on how to start babies to avoid this problem in the future:

How To Incubate Eggs And Start Hatchlings

I put my eggs in a plastic shoe box with a lid on it and put the shoe box in the incubator. You can drill a couple of very small holes around the top of the container, but not on the lid. I use vermiculite as an incubation media. I mix it in a 1 : 1 ratio with water by weight for Sulcatas and...

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[beccabrace]

I agree that it is not normal. Did you use a brooder box?

Here is some info on how to start babies to avoid this problem in the future:

How To Incubate Eggs And Start Hatchlings

I put my eggs in a plastic shoe box with a lid on it and put the shoe box in the incubator. You can drill a couple of very small holes around the top of the container, but not on the lid. I use vermiculite as an incubation media. I mix it in a 1 : 1 ratio with water by weight for Sulcatas and...

tortoiseforum.org

Hi, yeah i did, everything seemed healed so i put them into a new enclosure. I only noticed this a couple days ago however.

 

[Yvonne G]

I was noticing the red, swollen-looking right front leg. . . or is that just the picture?

 

[Maggie3fan]

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I was noticing the red, swollen-looking right front leg. . . or is that just the picture?

Damn Yvonne...even in your senior years you miss nothing.

 

[beccabrace]

I was noticing the red, swollen-looking right front leg. . . or is that just the picture?

oh no no, thats just the picture haha.