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So here goes...
I had 2 Bell's eggs pip last night. Eggs from the same clutch. One egg was a little smaller than average, the other a little larger.
Got home from work today and looked in the incubator and it was obvious that both tortoises were out. I grabbed the first baby who was an average sized hatchling. The other was quite a bit smaller so I took it for granted that it was the one from the small egg.
As I grabbed it it pulled the egg it was next to with it and I realized that it must be a twin. The other baby was still in the egg.
They are still attached. There is a "waist" where the two yolks are attached. I have put a stitch there to tighten it down. You can see that in a few of the pics. My plan is to put another stitch around that spot each day, tightening it down so that hopefully they will separate.
They both look good so I'm hopeful. I will update with pics as things progress.
I had 2 Bell's eggs pip last night. Eggs from the same clutch. One egg was a little smaller than average, the other a little larger.
Got home from work today and looked in the incubator and it was obvious that both tortoises were out. I grabbed the first baby who was an average sized hatchling. The other was quite a bit smaller so I took it for granted that it was the one from the small egg.
As I grabbed it it pulled the egg it was next to with it and I realized that it must be a twin. The other baby was still in the egg.
They are still attached. There is a "waist" where the two yolks are attached. I have put a stitch there to tighten it down. You can see that in a few of the pics. My plan is to put another stitch around that spot each day, tightening it down so that hopefully they will separate.
They both look good so I'm hopeful. I will update with pics as things progress.