New RF owner is this normal...

[Tiffany Ridge]

Is this normal? Just got my baby today and I've done everything they told me to? Super concerned :l

 

[Pearly]

It looks like he/she got done living off the yolk sac, time to FEED THE BABY!!!

 

[Alexio]

This is a write up Tom did about how to start and hatchlings i would head down a paragraph or two but i would maybe try some of his ideas if this is an egg sack that has not fully absorbed.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/124266/

 

[Tiffany Ridge]

Will the coconut fiber affect the sac? Do I just leave it alone until it absorbs? Makes me nervous.

 

[Pearly]

Did you buy this baby or hatched it! If you got it from the breeder, i think he was shipped way too early.

 

[Anyfoot]

Will the coconut fiber affect the sac? Do I just leave it alone until it absorbs? Makes me nervous.

Leave it alone and he will be fine. Keep it humid and he will be fine in his enclosure on moist coir(not sodden).

 

[Anyfoot]

Also, be sure you keep him well hydrated, have you given him a luke warm soak yet to be sure he is hydrated. At a guess I would say your tort is only a couple of wks old.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Did you buy this baby or hatched it! If you got it from the breeder, i think he was shipped way too early.

Yes. It was.