Hi, I'm tracey, I live in the UK. I have two hermani tortoises, Sherman, my male he's 6 years old and herbie my female she's 7 years old, herbie laid her first clutch of eggs 16th of April 2014, she laid two eggs, within three hours I placed them in a home made incubator. On 30th of April 2014, herbie laid another egg and them another on 1st of May 2014. I had some concerns about herbie's behaviour while laying, she never dug a nest, she laid on the surface and walked away every time, and was always early in the morning.
I have some questions about the eggs, they have all been looking good up until a few days ago, the egg that was laid on the 1st of May is leaking fluid, very smelly fluid, is this egg rotten? I haven't disturbed the eggs since putting them in the incubator just doing a daily check on them, today I used a torch to see if I could see anything in this egg and there's a dark shadow showing there is something in there, when shining on the other eggs they all look empty?? Advice needed please x
I have some questions about the eggs, they have all been looking good up until a few days ago, the egg that was laid on the 1st of May is leaking fluid, very smelly fluid, is this egg rotten? I haven't disturbed the eggs since putting them in the incubator just doing a daily check on them, today I used a torch to see if I could see anything in this egg and there's a dark shadow showing there is something in there, when shining on the other eggs they all look empty?? Advice needed please x