Hermann breeding

[sean90]

Hi wondering if anyone can suggest some useful tips in breeding Hermanns tortoise

 

[Tim/Robin]

Put an adult male with an adult female, nothing more to it!!

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi sean90:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

Is your name "Sean?"

May we know what part of the world (appx.) you are in?

The breeding part is easy. If you want to know about the egg part...that's a different story.

 

[sean90]

Hi yeah it's Sean, i live in Ireland but study in Cheshire. I have a pair of Hermanns and currently obtaining another pair. My current pair both at breeding age. I was just thinking like egg nesting sites, so on. I have incubated bird eggs but do understand tortoise eggs are different

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Sean:

I don't know much about the Hermann's tortoise, but in a general sense, I know that a female wants a pretty deep area to dig in for nesting. She'll want the dirt to hold its shape in the hole, and be deeper than her back leg is long. Also, without a good nesting site, she may hold onto her eggs and eventually become egg bound. Is it at all possible to set her up outside?

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Put an adult male with an adult female, nothing more to it!!

+ = HATCHLINGS!

 

[sean90]

I have provided her with a heated area with a mixture soil and sand approx two feet deep, in her enclosure. She does have access to outside but limited by weather