My second successful hatch. It's name is Dietrich. Hatched 11/13/19.
The photo with the tort with a flower is the mother, Jutta, the day I got her from Garden State Tortoise.
What kind of incubators do you use?
In 2015 a found a ground laid egg. I put it aside meaning to throw it away as I was told ground laid eggs were duds. A month later I found the egg and candled it expecting to see a yolk mass pooled at the bottom. To my surprise it had veins. I used a heating...
In 2014 Erika (Hermanni boettgeri) laid a single egg on the surface of her outdoor enclosure.
I assumed it was a dud and did not incubate. I left the egg in my living room for about a month (I forgot about disposing of it). When rediscovered I candled it and saw veins. The egg was laid August...
My wife picked this up off of Amazon for my birthday.
Decent book...if you know German. Its about the Island of European Tortoises: Sardinia. Its home to the Hermann's, Greek, and Marginated tortoise.
The author, Wolfgang Wegehaupt, also has a book on the Naturalistic Keeping of Hermann's...
Alois was born last spring. He's getting so big and I think he's definitely a he.
Alois is a Sardinian locality Western Hermann's tortoise from Garden State Tortoise.
He can't wait to go out into his summer pen!