AzDesert
Member
Hi everyone,
Its been a while since I have posted.... but i still watch the forum almost daily! So..... I had a question about leopard tort eggs/hatchlings:
1) my girl laid 8 eggs-- 4 on Sept 7th and 4 on Dec 20. (warm climate area) all in incubator at 80% humidity and temps at 88 degrees. 2 of them hatched after only 97 days and are totally fine and gorgeous. 2 look to hatch soon, maybe a few more weeks and of course the Dec ones will be a while. So the question is, how on earth did they manage to hatch in just 97 days? I was expecting 6-10 months!
I've had torts for many many years but all started as hatchlings or yearlings, so now that they are of age and producing, this is my first time with eggs/incubating/actual hatching so I am super excited but a nervous "grandma". They are well started in their new enclosures and doing great.
Any and all advice on eggs/incubating is welcome!!!
Thanks all!
Its been a while since I have posted.... but i still watch the forum almost daily! So..... I had a question about leopard tort eggs/hatchlings:
1) my girl laid 8 eggs-- 4 on Sept 7th and 4 on Dec 20. (warm climate area) all in incubator at 80% humidity and temps at 88 degrees. 2 of them hatched after only 97 days and are totally fine and gorgeous. 2 look to hatch soon, maybe a few more weeks and of course the Dec ones will be a while. So the question is, how on earth did they manage to hatch in just 97 days? I was expecting 6-10 months!
I've had torts for many many years but all started as hatchlings or yearlings, so now that they are of age and producing, this is my first time with eggs/incubating/actual hatching so I am super excited but a nervous "grandma". They are well started in their new enclosures and doing great.
Any and all advice on eggs/incubating is welcome!!!
Thanks all!