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Anyfoot

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I've had a similar experience with my 4. One just seems to grow extremely smooth while the other three have had some minor bumps along the way. All are in the same conditions.

The variables I'd love to explore are genetics, pecking order as it relates to microclimates/behavior, and stress (corticosteroids - again tied to pecking order). I lack the necessary time, resources,funding, or sample sizes for this...
I'm all ears if you want to try some other experiments with future hatchlings I get.
 

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Yes, they do have personality's and preference's don't they. Find the thirsty gene and breed for that.
 

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6th one is out. This one is a different color yet again, dark orange areola.
I'll get a comparison photo of all 6 later.
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Here are all 6. One on the left in #1 has just bin added and having a good drink.IMG_20170320_194840.jpg IMG_20170320_194847.jpg
 

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Wow, that #6 is DARK. Love the contrast between the scutes and that orange areola.
Looks like you're having fun, it's great to see!
 

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All around 6wks old now. Today I've added a UVB light to the right hand group.
I decided to feed fruit for fear of not supplying enough vitamins. So feeding ragime has been weeds and flowers every morning, then in the evening after work I bathe them every day, 2 days a WK after a bath they get fruit, 1 day they get mushrooms and 1 day they worms and slugs.
Apart from the 7th hatchlings that came later, they all got fed weeds and flowers only up to 4 wks old.
What ever is fed is fed in abundance so they can not eat it all, then I throw what's left to the adults. This way all 7 torts get their fill of the exact same foods.
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Latest 3 hatchlings, less than a wk old, all from the same clutch and all look so different. I can't tell if the one on the right has big bulging eyes or it's just the pattern thats making it look like that.
I have 7 eggs left in the incubator, 2 look good. I'm shutting down the incubator after those are done. It's getting out of hand :rolleyes:.
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It's that hot here it would be criminal not to let the juvenile hatchlings out. These are 7 to 10 months olds.
Cut the top layer off my old enclosure and found some old mesh around back of shed(everyone has junk that you know will come in handy one day behind the shed) and layed it on. Thrown a mat on in one corner for shade, bit of water, and just sprayed the whole area. IMG_20170527_123606.jpg IMG_20170527_123555.jpg IMG_20170527_123703.jpg
 

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I've started to ditch any eggs I find now on because I don't want to be over run with babies. Before I started to ditch eggs I decided to put some in the planters within my tortoise house just to see what happened, and to be honest I didn't think any would hatch. In this perticular box I put a clutch of 8 and a clutch of 3. The 3 went rotten a while back. I figured they were too dry, these 3 were just showing above the soil. The 8 were buried under the soil on 25th January. This soil was bone dry, if I blew it dust went everywhere it was that dry. Today I found 1 baby on the surface (what a surprise that was). Me being me(impatient) I dug down to find 2 more and another 3 hatching. I've sectioned a bit of my enclosure off and put them in there.
Does this prove they don't need humidity when in incubation?????
Photos below, I had sprayed the soil soon as I saw the baby. Wish I'd taken a photo before to prove to you how dry the soil was.
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Why oh why would you ditch Redfoot eggs???

Looking at 8 years until mine produce on a planned breeding project; to my ears this sounds like SACRILIDGE!
 
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