Greetings. I've recently had some success with hatching pancake tortoises and was curious about folks' experiences. I had a pair of eggs laid Jan 17 and another egg laid just over a month later. The newer egg started showing vessel growth before the older ones, and hatched in about 170 days as compared to 220 days for the first clutch (only one of two eggs developed). Both hatchlings seem perfectly healthy and happy but the one that gestated longer is substantially smaller (by maybe 30%). I know there's a wide range of incubation times for pancakes but we're talking same parents, same incubater, etc. The only differences I can think of is that the one that took longer was from a clutch of 2 rather than one, and I started raising the incubator temps when I saw the vessels in the newer (but more precocious!) egg develop. Just curious. Thoughts?
BTW, I've heard that there are arguments about whether letting the humidity drop encourages hatching: My first egg hatched when I was away for a few days and accidently let the humidity drop. So when it seemed like the second egg was never going to hatch I Iet the humidity drop a bit and viola! So maybe there;s something to that
BTW, I've heard that there are arguments about whether letting the humidity drop encourages hatching: My first egg hatched when I was away for a few days and accidently let the humidity drop. So when it seemed like the second egg was never going to hatch I Iet the humidity drop a bit and viola! So maybe there;s something to that