red foot tortoise eggs

[kendra]

So I feel bad as I am only active here when I have questions. Anywho, my red foot tortoise on December 3 gave me 3 gorgeous eggs. Now I never had her with a male but I did buy her in May from a breeder as an adult.
I have been incubating the eggs at 30 degrees celcius but am not seeing much for development in the eggs. They are not rotting, changing color or anything so am curious as to whether they are duds or not.

 

[mike taylor]

Just keep them to they rot you never know .

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Do not rotate them, turn them, etc! They take about 180 days to hatch. Duds will explode in a few weeks. Good luck.

 

[Turtlepete]

You have the temperature right, but what about incubation substrate and ambient humidity? Looks like you have them just in a plastic container in the picture.
I've had them take anywhere from 100-190 days, so it will take a while. If your female came from a breeder then it isn't unlikely she retained sperm and the eggs are fertile.

 

[kendra]

Sorry I did a few changes for the incubation. I added a container of water to aid in humidity AND I checked today 2 eggs have dark spots, I am hoping this means growth since they still have not deflated or rotted. Sorry, I am completely green to this and just thought I would take a shot at hatching the eggs

 

[Peytons torts]

Sorry I did a few changes for the incubation. I added a container of water to aid in humidity AND I checked today 2 eggs have dark spots, I am hoping this means growth since they still have not deflated or rotted. Sorry, I am completely green to this and just thought I would take a shot at hatching the eggs

If they are little babies in there congrats !!!!

 

[HLogic]

I had a cherry head that incubated @ 30 C for 251 days before hatching. When candling eggs you should see a reddish/pinkish hue and/or blood vessels after a couple of weeks but don't give up! I have left some in the incubator for 18 months just to be sure...

 

[kendra]

This ended up being completely accidental. I am more set up for pythons than torts but at least babies take time to hatch and grow. I am so stoked and it is the waiting that will be the ultimate killer for me for sure!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I had some eggs in an incubator that I wasn't sure about..until two of them exploded while I was at work. The whole house smelled like a sewage plant. Now I know to look for the dark areas, veins, etc. I had none. Now that I'm ready, I have no eggs to incubate.

 

[kendra]

Ok so they will be 2 months February 3. Becoming hopeful as none have deflated of blown

 

[kendra]

And sorry for the quality. I really don't want to move them much

 

[Benjamin]

Looks like you have a couple little tortoises developing there.

 

[kendra]

So is the average for Red Foots around that 150 day mark? Trying to find the best answer but failing miserably... I am so excited for the chance of having little babies crawling around

 

[Benjamin]

So is the average for Red Foots around that 150 day mark? Trying to find the best answer but failing miserably... I am so excited for the chance of having little babies crawling around

That's a pretty accurate starting point. They are tortoises so they could be earlier or later..keep a close eye every few days after about 110 or so.

 

[gingerbee]

Nice congrats!!

 

[stojanovski92113]

Congrats on some very healthy beauties

 

[kendra]

Thanks so much

 

[turtlelady80]

I had some eggs in an incubator that I wasn't sure about..until two of them exploded while I was at work. The whole house smelled like a sewage plant. Now I know to look for the dark areas, veins, etc. I had none. Now that I'm ready, I have no eggs to incubate.

 

[KTyne]

So exciting!!!!!!!!!! If you have babies hatch you might have to watch out that I don't sneak in to your house at night and steal them all. LOL <_<

 

[Tgordon600]

If you do hatch them, would you sell one after it matured and grew for a few months?