Little help please :)

Jemma1 · 06-07-2011, 03:10 PM

Well, can you believe it? The egg that dispaused for over 20 days started hatching just 4 days after the others in the same batch! talk about catching up!

Well he was growing sideways throughout incubation, folded vertically instead of across the middle and we thought he wouldnt be able to pip the egg, but amazingly he did last night!

He straightened out in the egg as the egg sack went down, and was hatching fine.

Just as he was almost out i realised the egg sack was leaking so i got him out myself as danny told me that bacteria would just breed in there.

Now i have put him on some wet kitchen roll in a container in the incubator (thought i would try a different method to the vaseline in a bottle top that i done last time), but the water on the kitchen roll keeps getting really cold. Is there any advice on what i can do to keep him warm?
Is there anything i can do to prevent infection?

I have already lost a hatchling this year to do infection in the large egg sack and don't want to lose this one!

Pics:

He got this far on his own before i noticed the leakage and got him out

Here he is now

Thanks

NATURALIS · 06-07-2011, 04:07 PM

i use clingfilm cut into thin strips wraped around the centre of the tortoise so its legs are free but the film holds the yolk up to the plastron .
Although the yolk dosn't look that big .

Jemma1 · 07-07-2011, 09:17 AM

His egg sack is all gone now, just has a skanky red bit hanging off which i'm sure will fall off

thanks

NATURALIS · 07-07-2011, 10:04 AM

very pleased , glad it worked out for you

suttysue · 07-07-2011, 10:37 AM

Dont you just love it when a plan comes together.
brill well done
Sue

emma_mcraf · 07-07-2011, 02:05 PM

Congrats on this little one. You must feel really relieved it's all okay.

06-07-2011, 03:10 PM	#1
Jemma1 Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: May 2009 Location: Southampton Posts: 1,573	Little help please :) Well, can you believe it? The egg that dispaused for over 20 days started hatching just 4 days after the others in the same batch! talk about catching up! Well he was growing sideways throughout incubation, folded vertically instead of across the middle and we thought he wouldnt be able to pip the egg, but amazingly he did last night! He straightened out in the egg as the egg sack went down, and was hatching fine. Just as he was almost out i realised the egg sack was leaking so i got him out myself as danny told me that bacteria would just breed in there. Now i have put him on some wet kitchen roll in a container in the incubator (thought i would try a different method to the vaseline in a bottle top that i done last time), but the water on the kitchen roll keeps getting really cold. Is there any advice on what i can do to keep him warm? Is there anything i can do to prevent infection? I have already lost a hatchling this year to do infection in the large egg sack and don't want to lose this one! Pics: He got this far on his own before i noticed the leakage and got him out Here he is now Thanks __________________ Last edited by Jemma1; 06-07-2011 at 03:12 PM.

06-07-2011, 04:07 PM	#2
NATURALIS Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: cheshire Posts: 3,472	i use clingfilm cut into thin strips wraped around the centre of the tortoise so its legs are free but the film holds the yolk up to the plastron . Although the yolk dosn't look that big . Last edited by NATURALIS; 06-07-2011 at 04:14 PM.

07-07-2011, 09:17 AM	#3
Jemma1 Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: May 2009 Location: Southampton Posts: 1,573	His egg sack is all gone now, just has a skanky red bit hanging off which i'm sure will fall off thanks __________________

07-07-2011, 10:04 AM	#4
NATURALIS Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: cheshire Posts: 3,472	very pleased , glad it worked out for you __________________ Home bred tortoise's available all year round, Hermanns , spur-thighed ( ibera ) pm for details

07-07-2011, 02:05 PM	#6
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Congrats on this little one. You must feel really relieved it's all okay. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

07-07-2011, 10:37 AM	#5
suttysue Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK / Eng / Yorkshire Posts: 1,483	Dont you just love it when a plan comes together. brill well done Sue

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