I just join the forum a while ago, this is my first thread,
anyway my name is Ed from Medan, Indonesia. I am living in tropical climate,
with relative humidity at 60 - 90% and the temperature range at 25 - 38 Celcius,
with quite a lot of rainfall.
I recently bought a pair of mature emys, length of around 50 cm weighing
approximately 10 kg. And only having them for about a month, I keep them on the
roof top of my house (approximate roaming area is 9 meter by 25 meter) and we
are having lots of fruit trees, shrubs, flowering plants and so on, so the area
is constantly misted with automated system for my plants. I made a shallow pit
filled with lots of hays under my plant table and beside that I have a shallow
pond of water for them to dip.
And to my surprise this morning the female is starting to build the nest, and by
afternoon she laid eggs. When I came back from office this evening, I noticed
the female is buried under the hays probably guarding the eggs.
Now, I need advice to let the eggs hatch naturally under the mother care of
should I picked the eggs and hatch it manually in incubator? Any suggestion and
in sight is much appreciated. Thank you.
anyway my name is Ed from Medan, Indonesia. I am living in tropical climate,
with relative humidity at 60 - 90% and the temperature range at 25 - 38 Celcius,
with quite a lot of rainfall.
I recently bought a pair of mature emys, length of around 50 cm weighing
approximately 10 kg. And only having them for about a month, I keep them on the
roof top of my house (approximate roaming area is 9 meter by 25 meter) and we
are having lots of fruit trees, shrubs, flowering plants and so on, so the area
is constantly misted with automated system for my plants. I made a shallow pit
filled with lots of hays under my plant table and beside that I have a shallow
pond of water for them to dip.
And to my surprise this morning the female is starting to build the nest, and by
afternoon she laid eggs. When I came back from office this evening, I noticed
the female is buried under the hays probably guarding the eggs.
Now, I need advice to let the eggs hatch naturally under the mother care of
should I picked the eggs and hatch it manually in incubator? Any suggestion and
in sight is much appreciated. Thank you.