Fertilizing eggs

[Carol S]

Hi:

At what stage of the egg development does the egg get fertilized?

Thanks

Carol

 

[GBtortoises]

Reptile eggs are fertilized at the point where the sperm encounters an egg in the oviduct. At that stage the eggs are very much like they are in a mammal. They are a minute, soft, cellular material. The fertilized egg then travels through the oviduct, building up coatings that the host (female) produces.
With reptiles there is typically an exterior environmentally triggered process that starts a hormonal process that begins the egg development.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

Shortly after the Daddy tortoise looks into the Mommy tortoise's eyes...

Or passes her Wine Cooler #8, in the case of some Alaskan tortoises.

 

[HLogic]

<snicker>

 

[murdocjunior]

Did u know the female can store the sperm for multiple clutches to come, after one breeding time?