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This summer I was lucky enough to add 3 new female Russian tortoises to our home. I was very surprised when all 3 of them decided to start laying clutches so soon, I had figured it would take them some adjusting first.
Unfortunately all of the eggs seemed to be unfertile until big Bertha decided to lay one. Her egg seemed to be the only one that was fertile and had a chance of hatching. About 6 weeks in to incubation we had a few major power outages that of course occurred on the coldest weekend here in Texas. After doing my best trying to keep the temp from dropping I was sure the egg would not make it, but decided to leave it in just in case.
Then this morning to my surprise after about 9 weeks of incubation I found this surprise...it may be hard to see in the picture, but we have a pip in the shell! I can't wait to see how this little hatchling turns out.
Unfortunately all of the eggs seemed to be unfertile until big Bertha decided to lay one. Her egg seemed to be the only one that was fertile and had a chance of hatching. About 6 weeks in to incubation we had a few major power outages that of course occurred on the coldest weekend here in Texas. After doing my best trying to keep the temp from dropping I was sure the egg would not make it, but decided to leave it in just in case.
Then this morning to my surprise after about 9 weeks of incubation I found this surprise...it may be hard to see in the picture, but we have a pip in the shell! I can't wait to see how this little hatchling turns out.