A good reason to never give up on eggs.

[tortadise]

Clutch of leopard eggs was laid November 10th of 2012. I had figured all that were going to hatch did so. Well looked in to check on some of the other eggs being kept in that incubator. Saw this little guy out of the egg. 9 months took this guy to hatch.

 

[farber2028]

how far apart did he hatch from the rest of the clutch?

 

[N2TORTS]

Allrighty then Kelly ........ can you sa LAGGGERR?

Way to hang in there ......always a fun bonus ....indeed!

JD~

 

[Millerlite]

He missed his flight.. The point is he made it hah, congrats. Maybe he thought he was human at months

 

[bigred]

Nice surprise, my oldest egg to pip was 208 days

 

[tortadise]

Yeah he sure was a lagger. All the others hatched February 10th-19th. So he is almost 5 months late. I candled the rest looks like possibly 2 more could have little guys in their. Few months back they showed no signs of being fertile. But growth and wee torts are in their.

 

[EchoTheLeoTort]

thats really cool. congrats on the little leo

 

[Greg T]

Wow that is amazing. I have one egg right now that doesn't look or feel viable, but now I'm going to leave it in there just in case he decides to be a late arrival also.

 

[tortadise]

For sure Greg. I candled the remaining 5 eggs and saw nothing a few weeks after the others hatched. But they were white great looking and not smelling so I figured why not leave them. Well here we are. Might be getting 3 more.

 

[Millerlite]

Was there denting or anything or did it just stay plump for 9 months?

 

[tortadise]

Stayed plump. Perfect white no discoloration, nothing. That's why they stayed.

 

[Kameo37]

Wow! That's amazing! Good instincts!

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[Vickie]

Holly Cow! Maybe you should call it Miracle OR Hope? (that is you never gave up hope)

 

[skottip]

You can sell it as a yearling. lol

 

[Vickie]

You can sell it as a yearling. lol

LOL I think that's the youngest yearly I have ever seen!

 

[JeffG]

That's great! I have a clutch of leopard eggs from the same time that I have been meaning to throw out, but just haven't got around to it. Maybe I'll just wait a little longer since they still look fine. Congrats on your miracle!

 

[Pokeymeg]

That's so cool! I wonder if that tort will be developmentally delayed in any way? Or maybe now that he's hatched, he'll grow similar to his clutch mates? Keep us updated on his growth!

 

[tortadise]

I'm curious too. Does seem a bit small. But then again the ones that hatched have 5 months of growth on them. Forget how small they are when they hatch. I'd be curious to see if its a male taking that long. Even though the temp wasn't low. Who knows. For now the little bugger is doing good.

 

[kanalomele]

Awesome! I dont throw mine out until they explode! Makes a mess and smells terrible, but then I know for darn tootin' there is no hatchling in there!

 

[Arizona Sulcata]

Amazing! Mine all tend to hatch right on time. My latest hatch is only 2-3 weeks late. Very cool!!