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Hello! I am looking for some help. A few months back, we found out our tortoise laid eggs. We have had these two hermann tortoise for 6 years and did not expect one would be a male and one would be female.. anyways long story short they laid eggs. I purchased an incubator and 2 months later one baby tortoise hatched! The yok sak is no longer there, so I believe it had already absorbed it, but there is still an opening..? Is the baby ready to be moved to another enclosure? If so, would it be okay if i just put wet paper towel inside the enclosure just until that hole closes? What substrate would you guys recommend for the babies? Also, would the baby tortoise need a night time heat lamp or will it be fine with the basking light & and uv light in the daytime? Please give me your advice as this is completely new to me and did not expect this at all. Thank you !