Raina Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Female Hermanns Digging a Nest Sometime later, she laid 4 eggs, i then carefully dug them up In the Incubator 4 days into incubation and they have started to chalk up 7 days into incubation and you can see the ring of life http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/264924_4440917458368_97116668_n.jpg[/img] 9 days into incubation image 11 days into incubation and you can see the embryos heartbeat and it even moves A video of the embryo at 11 days moving Tortoise embryo moving - YouTube day 15 day 15 again image week 3 image Week 4 after week 4 i decided not to take anymore pictures as they looked the same lol 19/09/2012 - Day 49 - 8am 19/09/2012 - day 49 - 2pm 20/09/2012 - 12am after more than 24 hours the hatchling looked like it was giving up, i shone a torch through the egg and saw the yolk sack had been absorbed so we decided to help, after a couple seconds the hatchling freed itself with some help. on the 21st of September baby yoda was born 50p coin is for size Soon after all of its hatchling joined it Mum and babies 3 months on and theyre all doing great, theyve grown loads too (Thats the same 50p coin) thanks for looking and i hope you enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Oh wow! How cute are they' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Totally amazing, you wouldn't think this was possible. silly qusetion but are your tortoises one of each sex? I feel lucky to have seen this thread. Please keep posting. Alli x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Thank you. at the moment i have 2 adult female hermanns and a adult male hermanns i also have a female adult leopard tortoise. im hoping all the babies turn out to be female as i incubated at temps for females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 you can see more pictures here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4593824600951.2183742.1152268122&type=3 ive made the album public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 What a fantastic record - really interesting . Even my YS was intrigued . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libby22 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Oh they are gorgeous! Thank you for the thread - so so jealous I had a tortoise when I was little and really loved him - he was called George! Those babies are going to be really cute for ages - you lucky thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I just called hubby over to look at your photos, he was amazed & so was I. Thanks so much for sharing. What sort of incubator did you use & was it takeaway cartons you put the eggs & sand stuff in? So fascinating - bless them. Too cute! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Wow that was really interesting. I loved all the photos especially of the tiny one next to that strawberry. Well done on getting them to hatch. Was it difficult to do ? Can you use the same incubator for chicks and tortoises ? Need to know these things for the furture of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Super pictures Raina, really interesting to be able to see the whole story unfolding. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Fantastic photos and such adorable hatchlings! OH and I were going to get a Hermanns Tortoise but ended up with another Border Terrier pup instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 haha Border terriers are great, i have one I used a Hova-bator incubator set at 32oc and 75% humidity and upped it to 85% when they started to hatch. Pandora has laid a total of 11 eggs and only 4 of them ended up fertile since september 2010. Female tortoises can lay fertile eggs for up to 3 years after 1 successful mating!! Dont think ill incubate again till after i can get them an outdoor shed and run sorted....would end up with loads of the creatures lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LottyJ1 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 So cute and sooooo tiny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 haha Border terriers are great, i have one Awww lovely Female tortoises can lay fertile eggs for up to 3 years after 1 successful mating!! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Thanks. Need to go to the vets today to see how much microchipping costs as i need to micro chips the tortoises before i can update their papers It'll cost between £15 & £45 per tortoise to get microchipped, i need to get 8 done, and then to update the Defra cites A10 certificates will cost £25 per tortoise and i need to get 7 of those as hermann tortoises are on the endangered list. Leopard tortoises dont require a certificate as theyre not endangered, they dont even need to be micro chipped but im going to just incase she is ever stolen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Really interesting! I'd love to hatch some tortoises in the future. Hughie my Hermanns isn't microchipped and lives in the house or an eglu run outside on sunny days, but might speak to the vets about getting him done just in case he ever does go walkabout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
