River Turtle
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Alright so as things go with experiments, this has been very interesting. I've got my first clutch of 2 russian tortoise eggs on April 16th. My female
Lena had been with my male Felix and a week before the eggs showed up she had been pacing a lot (and dummy me- didn't realize she wanted a place to dig ). She laid the eggs out on the substrate and luckily I had an old hovabator incubator from raising chickens and ducks as a kid.
The incubator reached 88 F and its been constant since. The eggs are in a small Tupperware sitting on top of vermiculite half full and and a lid with holes punched in resting on the top. There is a bowl of water supplying the humidity. Around week 3ish when I was in Costa Rica, my mom was watching the eggs (basically just filling water when needed) and that is when the cracks/mold? showed up. First on the first egg and then on the second, but the second still doesn't have quite as much!
As it is now week 9 (and I've read the avg time for RT eggs) I am posting a picture of what they look like now. I'm hoping they are fertile because the inside of both eggs had an increase of dark mass in the bottoms. The first egg was more apparent around week 4/5 and the second egg is less dark but does look more so lately. Anyways despite their awful exterior, they do not stink and look different when I put a flashlight against them.
*** As many threads suggest here: Incubate until they hatch or explode! I intend to keep the same mentality...
Any thoughts, has anyone seen this before?
The incubator reached 88 F and its been constant since. The eggs are in a small Tupperware sitting on top of vermiculite half full and and a lid with holes punched in resting on the top. There is a bowl of water supplying the humidity. Around week 3ish when I was in Costa Rica, my mom was watching the eggs (basically just filling water when needed) and that is when the cracks/mold? showed up. First on the first egg and then on the second, but the second still doesn't have quite as much!
As it is now week 9 (and I've read the avg time for RT eggs) I am posting a picture of what they look like now. I'm hoping they are fertile because the inside of both eggs had an increase of dark mass in the bottoms. The first egg was more apparent around week 4/5 and the second egg is less dark but does look more so lately. Anyways despite their awful exterior, they do not stink and look different when I put a flashlight against them.
*** As many threads suggest here: Incubate until they hatch or explode! I intend to keep the same mentality...
Any thoughts, has anyone seen this before?