JourneyN15
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@N2TORTS may have some input.Here's that different-looking 3rd Redfoot egg. I think I might be looking at twins?? This is day 45 of incubation.
Anyone else candled and seen two areas of development? Any thoughts? I appreciate this forum!
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So cool.
Hatching eggs is still something I haven't done yet.
I've got the tortoises and two incubators.
Your welcome - HermanniChris will be your man should you have a similar problem.Thank you so much, Lyn W!
Hi, do you have an up to date candling photo. I was just curious if 1 wk on showed any difference. I don't want to encourage you to keep candling though, so if not its fine.Looks like you have a very nice Redfoot group @ZEROPILOT . I'm sure you'll need BOTH incubators! I'll be watching for that thread!
This is all new to me, but very curious and want to learn. @N2TORTS , does this look like twins?Hey! I actually do, and would like to know what you (ya'll) think. My female gave me two more eggs on Monday so I've been in the incubator. I think the first photo is the one I posted last week. And the next ones are small changes. I don't have the experience to say what's going although I'd love to know! lol Thanks for checking @Anyfoot
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TRIPLETS .@cdmay is the one that had the triplets. The only set of trips I have ever heard of. I think his egg may have been larger than normal, but I'm not sure. I also had twins, the egg was big, but nothing to indicate twins. I just anticipated a big hatchling. The other egg in the clutch was of a like size and as expected, produced a nice healthy big hatchling. It was a found clutch so no idea which of my torts was the mother. I have never candled the eggs, too scared and then two kids. I just let them cook till they are ready to come out. Keep us posted, I'm curious if they are twins and that candling at an early stage will be a way to tell for sure.
TRIPLETS .
Does/can candling do damage to the embryo?
@cdmay . Did you candle the egg of triplets? Were all 3 fit and healthy?
Wow. Dont know how I would deal with that error. Sad for your loss.I typically don't candle my eggs anymore although I sometimes will check eggs that are overdue on hatching.
Didn't candle the egg the triplets hatched from but it was not unusually large. A three of the triplets hatched and were healthy as could be...until I inadvertently killed them all by using horticultural/florists grade sphagnum moss in their terrarium. At the time I didn't realize what was going on with them as they each became sick--along with about a half dozen other holdbacks.
But sometime later I learned that the moss I had been using had been treated for pests. Tough lesson for me to learn.
Wow. Dont know how I would deal with that error. Sad for your loss.
So do you think shining a bright light in an egg does damage? Also, with experience have you learnt what is probably fertile and what's not without candling, or is it a case of you know your females lay fertile eggs and just see what you get.