@Will
I have a friend's leopard tortoise. Mary used to be a reptile-keeper at our local Chaffee Zoo, and when she retired, she took an apartment in a city about an hour north of here. She asked if I would take her tortoise, Tortellini, and, of course, I said yes. Tortellini:
Tortellini hasn't been the best egg producer here on the property. But this past year, she really got with the program, and deposited three clutches in the ground over the past summer. On July 22 she laid 13 eggs. They've been cooking in the Zoo Med Reptibator ever since. The external temp reading says the temperature in the incubator is 89F degrees, however, my little thermometer placed inside reads 82F or 83F. I would like to get it up higher than that, but am hesitant to 'cook' the eggs, so I've left it alone.
On January 12th, almost 6 months after start of incubation, one lone egg hatched. And today, a little more than 6 months later, two more have hatched.
I'm assuming these will be male because of the low temperature. The thermometer on the inside reads close to 85F degrees.
I really like the size and shape of the Zoo Med Reptibator, however, I'm not a big fan of the digital temperature read-out on the lid. I have several of the cheapy thermometers shown above, and they all read the same temp, so I have faith that they are fairly accurate. I'm trying to get the temp up in that incubator, but it's not easy.
I have a friend's leopard tortoise. Mary used to be a reptile-keeper at our local Chaffee Zoo, and when she retired, she took an apartment in a city about an hour north of here. She asked if I would take her tortoise, Tortellini, and, of course, I said yes. Tortellini:
Tortellini hasn't been the best egg producer here on the property. But this past year, she really got with the program, and deposited three clutches in the ground over the past summer. On July 22 she laid 13 eggs. They've been cooking in the Zoo Med Reptibator ever since. The external temp reading says the temperature in the incubator is 89F degrees, however, my little thermometer placed inside reads 82F or 83F. I would like to get it up higher than that, but am hesitant to 'cook' the eggs, so I've left it alone.
On January 12th, almost 6 months after start of incubation, one lone egg hatched. And today, a little more than 6 months later, two more have hatched.
I'm assuming these will be male because of the low temperature. The thermometer on the inside reads close to 85F degrees.
I really like the size and shape of the Zoo Med Reptibator, however, I'm not a big fan of the digital temperature read-out on the lid. I have several of the cheapy thermometers shown above, and they all read the same temp, so I have faith that they are fairly accurate. I'm trying to get the temp up in that incubator, but it's not easy.
