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[sue ncfc]

Hi i am sue ( the tortoise lady) i live in sheringham. I have 9 tortoises. 7 herman 5 of which are resue.
And pair large and beautiful redfoots. My femail redfoot laid 9 eggs have them set in incubator. Not sure if i have set it up right ,any help would be greatfully received. Thanks sue

 

[Ink]

@ZEROPILOT should be able to help you with the redfoot. Welcome to the forum

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Hello and welcome! 😊

Don’t suppose we could get a look at your set ups?

Only thing I’ll say about those two red foots is no species should be housed in pairs, small groups are ok if you have acres of land for them to roam with the correct female to male ratio.

Also just to make sure, you don’t mix species housing wise?🙂

 

[Tom]

Hi i am sue ( the tortoise lady) i live in sheringham. I have 9 tortoises. 7 herman 5 of which are resue.
And pair large and beautiful redfoots. My femail redfoot laid 9 eggs have them set in incubator. Not sure if i have set it up right ,any help would be greatfully received. Thanks sue

Hello and welcome.

Here is some info for the eggs and coming hatchlings:

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

More general info here. This thread is for people new to the forum, not necessarily new to tortoises.

Questions are welcome here!

 

[sue ncfc]

Hello and welcome.

Here is some info for the eggs and coming hatchlings:

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

More general info here. This thread is for people new to the forum, not necessarily new to tortoises.

Questions are welcome here!

My thank you so much for your help 9 redfoot eggs all cosy in the incubator

 

[Tom]

My thank you so much for your help 9 redfoot eggs all cosy in the incubator

You are welcome. It looks like my other thread for you didn't post. Here it is again:

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

tortoiseforum.org

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Assuming that everything else is OK....
And I'll do that for the sake of time...
Redfoot eggs take an eternity to hatch.
Place an X On the top of the shell and a date that they were deposited.
Do not turn them.
Keep them warm and humid. Just like the adults.
In fact. I've hatched more eggs successfully in a closed chamber enclosure and by just leaving them alone outdoors than I've hatched in an incubator. So I'm no incubator expert.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi, and welcome!