Hermanns Tortoise Laid Yesterday - Page 3

piglet · 13-11-2006, 07:42 PM

Andy yes similar shell pattern but not the same animals , Tunisians are often mistaken for hermanns

Darren

**egyptiandan64** · 13-11-2006, 09:57 PM

That's a Tunisian female for sure Andy

. Very nice girl

I'll post some pictures of her plastron tomorrow.

Dan

14-11-2006, 12:00 AM

Hi All
Just seen this thread. Re the kidney shaped eggs - apparently it's a thing with very young or elderly females. I have a Hermanni boettgeri female which is estimated to be around 60 - 80 years old. She was in poor copnditions when she came to me around 7 years ago. Last year she laid for the first time and the eggs were elongated like the ones from the young female here. I was told that it was unlikely that these eggs would be fertile. I incubated them anyway and they came to nothing. This year Tilly laid again, twice and one of the eggs was fertile. It hatched and the baby was a very strange shape having been sitting in the egg at an angle. I have pics of 'her' hatching. She was a weird shape for around a month but has slowly straightened out and is now running around with thte rest of the hatchlings - a little miracle. Needless to say she si not for sale<vbg>
Sue
new email address wizzasmum@aol.com

14-11-2006, 12:48 AM

thanks for that sue

please could we see the pictures

linda x

**egyptiandan64** · 14-11-2006, 01:21 AM

I'd always heard and have experienced the same thing Sue

. I'm glad you got one fertile egg this year. A picture or 2 of the hatchling would be great

Dan

**egyptiandan64** · 14-11-2006, 02:58 PM

The promised plastron shot Andy

Dan

14-11-2006, 06:20 PM

Hmm do I have to download pics to the net first, to photobucket or something or can I add them directly from my computer?
Sue

Henry-flash · 14-11-2006, 06:22 PM

Hi Sue

If you look beneath the box where you type your message it says addimage to post in little green letters. If you click on that then it uploads the photos

HermanniChris23 · 14-11-2006, 07:18 PM

Great tort Dan, just put all my hermanns down for the winter, except for the hermanni hermannis. 8)

And by the way beautiful Tunisian Andy

14-11-2006, 11:12 PM

LOL - yes I saw that but wondered whether I had to download my pics to the internet too first. I usually download them direct from my pics file on my PC
Will look at it tomorrow

13-11-2006, 07:42 PM	#21
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	Andy yes similar shell pattern but not the same animals , Tunisians are often mistaken for hermanns Darren __________________ 17 years old 25 years ago

13-11-2006, 09:57 PM	#22
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	That's a Tunisian female for sure Andy . Very nice girl I'll post some pictures of her plastron tomorrow. Dan __________________

14-11-2006, 01:21 AM	#25
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	I'd always heard and have experienced the same thing Sue . I'm glad you got one fertile egg this year. A picture or 2 of the hatchling would be great Dan __________________

14-11-2006, 02:58 PM	#26
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	The promised plastron shot Andy Dan __________________

14-11-2006, 06:22 PM	#28
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	Hi Sue If you look beneath the box where you type your message it says addimage to post in little green letters. If you click on that then it uploads the photos __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

14-11-2006, 12:00 AM	#23
wizzasmum Guest Posts: n/a	Hi All Just seen this thread. Re the kidney shaped eggs - apparently it's a thing with very young or elderly females. I have a Hermanni boettgeri female which is estimated to be around 60 - 80 years old. She was in poor copnditions when she came to me around 7 years ago. Last year she laid for the first time and the eggs were elongated like the ones from the young female here. I was told that it was unlikely that these eggs would be fertile. I incubated them anyway and they came to nothing. This year Tilly laid again, twice and one of the eggs was fertile. It hatched and the baby was a very strange shape having been sitting in the egg at an angle. I have pics of 'her' hatching. She was a weird shape for around a month but has slowly straightened out and is now running around with thte rest of the hatchlings - a little miracle. Needless to say she si not for sale<vbg> Sue new email address wizzasmum@aol.com

14-11-2006, 12:48 AM	#24
aprillinda Guest Posts: n/a	thanks for that sue please could we see the pictures linda x

14-11-2006, 06:20 PM	#27
wizzasmum Guest Posts: n/a	Hmm do I have to download pics to the net first, to photobucket or something or can I add them directly from my computer? Sue

14-11-2006, 07:18 PM	#29
HermanniChris23 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 584	Great tort Dan, just put all my hermanns down for the winter, except for the hermanni hermannis. 8) And by the way beautiful Tunisian Andy __________________ VISIT MY SITES: WWW.HERMANNIHAVEN.COM WWW.GARDENSTATETORTOISE.COM

14-11-2006, 11:12 PM	#30
wizzasmum Guest Posts: n/a	LOL - yes I saw that but wondered whether I had to download my pics to the internet too first. I usually download them direct from my pics file on my PC Will look at it tomorrow

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