Hi everyone..
When I first came to this forum..
I was really worried because a lady gave me Desert tortoise eggs, that where laid just there in the back of her house.
(she has no soil, just conrete), and had 2 big adult tortoises... male and female.
Both always fed wih lettuce.
I was really concerned because I've raised DTs since I was little, and I love them, and give them a propper care, but never incubated eggs.
I let nature make them outside in the soil, and let the strong ones make it.
The point is, I came to this forum asking everyone for advice on the egg care, I was concern because the lady handled them, and I knew eggs werent supposed to move/ turn as the embryo would just die.
So.. I took the 8 eggs back home, and she also gave me the male, because she was sick of him... I tried to get the female aswell but she refused.... (2 months later she called me and asked me to stop by her house because she was going to give her to me!)
The thing is... I placed the eggs outside in a nice and safe warm space, and just sprayed around little water once a week to keep them humid.
I've been checking it every night and day for the last 5 days, because If they were good, they would be just about to start hatching. (But still My hopes were very low, because I knew the lady would have killed them when she handled them)...
today its day 84.... I went outside, and took my celphone's light to look thru them.. and look what I found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB1Cu3UPL8Q
Im amazed, I couldnt just belive it!!, 3 of them were just like the one in the video, and the other 5 eggs were just blank inside, or chalked out but with no live signs.
I guess they will be hatching this next week
Im so excited, I cant just explain how I felt in the moment I saw that.
Thanks everyone for your advice! It really helped, and also Im thankfull that I found this forum, where I can share this special experiences, and learn even more about this wonderful creatures.
We are just about to be a bigger family...
(sorry for the long post... I just needed to refresh what was going on)
When I first came to this forum..
I was really worried because a lady gave me Desert tortoise eggs, that where laid just there in the back of her house.
(she has no soil, just conrete), and had 2 big adult tortoises... male and female.
Both always fed wih lettuce.
I was really concerned because I've raised DTs since I was little, and I love them, and give them a propper care, but never incubated eggs.
I let nature make them outside in the soil, and let the strong ones make it.
The point is, I came to this forum asking everyone for advice on the egg care, I was concern because the lady handled them, and I knew eggs werent supposed to move/ turn as the embryo would just die.
So.. I took the 8 eggs back home, and she also gave me the male, because she was sick of him... I tried to get the female aswell but she refused.... (2 months later she called me and asked me to stop by her house because she was going to give her to me!)
The thing is... I placed the eggs outside in a nice and safe warm space, and just sprayed around little water once a week to keep them humid.
I've been checking it every night and day for the last 5 days, because If they were good, they would be just about to start hatching. (But still My hopes were very low, because I knew the lady would have killed them when she handled them)...
today its day 84.... I went outside, and took my celphone's light to look thru them.. and look what I found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB1Cu3UPL8Q
Im amazed, I couldnt just belive it!!, 3 of them were just like the one in the video, and the other 5 eggs were just blank inside, or chalked out but with no live signs.
I guess they will be hatching this next week
Im so excited, I cant just explain how I felt in the moment I saw that.
Thanks everyone for your advice! It really helped, and also Im thankfull that I found this forum, where I can share this special experiences, and learn even more about this wonderful creatures.
We are just about to be a bigger family...
(sorry for the long post... I just needed to refresh what was going on)
