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She’s so feisty! That’s part of the problem. Ok so she’s in a mound of paper towel that I’ve dampened with distilled water I’ve put Vaseline at the bottom. There’s a bit of shell stuck to the yolk which I can’t get off, I don’t want to keep disturbing her and for it to come out any more so I...

Oh no ?‍♀️ where she has ruptured it it is a little dry I will put Vaseline on, she won’t stop moving she won’t stay in the egg, it’s hanging from her! ?? can I tie it off with dental floss? It seems to be coming further and further out

Hi, I’ve been having so many problems with this years clutch. Now I have had one pip, it’s very active and egg is cracking more..... however the yolk sac has ruptured where it’s so active in the egg. Does anyone know what I should do??? I’m doing my best to keep it moist but part I can see...

Hi, no it hasn’t....first egg hatched 10 days ago bang on 8 weeks which was a perfect looking tortoise followed by the twins a few days later, then obviously another born few days later with a normal colour, this is her now....

Hi so I have another question for you guys, I seem to be having a really weird clutch this year...first one hatched 10 days ago who was absolutely perfect, followed by the twins, now I have this one who appears to be really fat and have to much skin, is it ok?....I have two eggs left in the...

Thanks Chris, any idea on the strange coloured shell?

Ok thank you. Yes, I’ve had so many hatchlings over the years and have never seen this before....... Do many people experience twins? Any idea why this could be happening? I’ve heard of twin eggs not hatching because one dies and infects the other but both times there has been a small little...

Hi, so I’m looking for a bit of advice...I posted on here a few years ago because I had a twin egg....one was deformed and sadly died. I understand this is quite rare but I have had the same thing happen again! What’s even stranger is the colour of this hatchling (now seperated from its twin) Is...

Hi thanks for your replies. I decided to take him to the vets yesterday as I'm not sure I had cut enough away...couldn't bring myself to do it again. The vet removed a little more and suggested putting him in the terranium on damp kitchen roll so he could dry out..bathing him in a little salt...

Hi, thought I would share my experience of a twin tortoise egg. I always knew this egg was a twin from the beginning and on day 87!!! This was the first to hatch, it didn't make any progress after 48 hours so knowing it was the twin I gave it a little help but was unsure what to expect. This is...

Hi, I have had breeding couple of Hermanns for years whom we have had lots of eggs from, we used to get someone to incubate them with a commercial incubator however she stopped laying fertile eggs a few years ago. She laid 6 about 4/5 weeks ago so I have made a homemade incubator, the temp is...

Hi, I have had breeding couple of Hermanns for years whom we have had lots of eggs from, we used to get someone to incubate them with a commercial incubator however she stopped laying fertile eggs a few years ago. She laid 6 about 4/5 weeks ago so I have made a homemade incubator, the temp is...