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    Im finding there are so many variations of the same type of tortoise. I have no idea of the age of the female. Though she looks visually different than the male. The male is I think 22 years old. I have a card somewhere on his hatch date, but is its about 22 years. I remember when my aunt...
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    Is it safe to take the last ones out of the warmer if they are 3/4 hatched and just sitting their absorbing the yoke sac? Or should I leave them in the warmer? [hr] babies that have hatched [hr] This is the female[hr] This is the male
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    AWWWW scutes LOL ok Im a newbie. LOL Yes I will get pictures soon. I am off work Saturday and by then all the young will be hatched and I will get pics of mom and dad and the young. :) We are really excited. Today we bought a huge reptile tank, two different types of lights and a few...
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    Update on my eggs. When I arrived home from work this morning. 3 tortoises had hatched and the other 5 eggs are half hatched now. :) Very exciting
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    I will have to get some pictures of them, then of course try to figure out how to post them on here. I am in Bakersfield CA and Im Tanya. :)[hr] I have googled Ca desert tortoise and though they look a bit like that, they still yet look different. The girl especially doesnt look like a CA...
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    I am uncertain what type of tortoise they are. They were my aunts and when she passed away, no one wanted them so I took them. I have had them a few years now. They are outside land tortoises. I dont think they are both the same species as ones scoots are smooth while the others scoots as...
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    I ask this question because tonight I candled my eggs for the second time. I candled them sometime in late june. They were fertile in June. Today I am at day 64. The air sac/bubble looks so big. Depending on which way I hold the light I will see either a huge white area or a huge dark area...
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    in the tortoise egg, where should the air sac be? Top, bottom, side?
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