DaanV
New Member
Hello, as you can read in the title a certain incubator didn't arrive before my tortoise went into labour...
This can happen of course but it won't arrive for another 5-6 days at least.
The female tortoise lives together with a male and another female, this is her first batch and I've read that they could be infertile but I won't take any chances.
To create optimal conditions for the eggs I've done this so far:
- Removed the eggs from the enclosure (even though they were buried at a very safe depth and covered up thoroughly by the female)
- Put the eggs in a plastic container with a damp paper towel covered with coco peat/soil mix from the enclosure.
- Placed a thermo/hydro dial in the container next to the 2 eggs, and I have found that during the day I can guarrantee a stable temperature of 23-25 degrees celcius which drops to 19-20 deg celcius during the night with a humidity of 50-60 without the lid on and a humidity of 80-90 at night with the lid on.
Now for my question, do I keep the eggs under these circumstances or should I leave them somewhere cold instead until the incubator arrives.
Thanks
This can happen of course but it won't arrive for another 5-6 days at least.
The female tortoise lives together with a male and another female, this is her first batch and I've read that they could be infertile but I won't take any chances.
To create optimal conditions for the eggs I've done this so far:
- Removed the eggs from the enclosure (even though they were buried at a very safe depth and covered up thoroughly by the female)
- Put the eggs in a plastic container with a damp paper towel covered with coco peat/soil mix from the enclosure.
- Placed a thermo/hydro dial in the container next to the 2 eggs, and I have found that during the day I can guarrantee a stable temperature of 23-25 degrees celcius which drops to 19-20 deg celcius during the night with a humidity of 50-60 without the lid on and a humidity of 80-90 at night with the lid on.
Now for my question, do I keep the eggs under these circumstances or should I leave them somewhere cold instead until the incubator arrives.
Thanks