After an incubation period of 118 days, I have the pleasure to share with you, my first born Chersina angulata.
The baby was born on 01.03.2016 from an egg laid on 09.07.2015. Measuring 2.83 cm and weighs 6.3 grams.
Unexpected event!
After seeing those i believed to be the first couplings of this new breeding season,
I have realized that in fact the male had acted secretly and presumably in December,
since today there was the 1st simultaneous deposition of 2 females!
The hermanni are very sensitive to lethargy, if they avoid it because the weather is warm (above 10 ° c) and not cold, they may even die! Especially males, can have disastrous consequences.
In 2014 died two adult males and a female! Always after the brief hibernation, lasted 45 days.
In...