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Old 28-01-2019, 08:15 PM   #13
sandy
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Originally Posted by Gordon View Post
One thing that does puzzle me is any eggs I have ever had have always been infertile.
So are they fertile before they hibernate and loose the fertility over hibernation or something else as I can't see any reason that a fertile tortoise would use all that energy and calcium to just carry infertile eggs all that time.
Mine have mostly been fertile when laid after hibernation. Maybe its down to species?
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