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Old 15-08-2016, 09:56 PM   #1
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Default My first Hatchling...

Welcome to the world Olaf (my 2 year old daughter chose the name)

He struggled at first and after 24 hours he was still facing backwards...


He eventually figured it out and made a break for it.


So small in my hands...



Taking a drink


Exploring the new enclosure

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Old 15-08-2016, 10:05 PM   #2
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Oh my goodness, I am smitten.

Lovely pictures.

Lovely Olaf. Great name.
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Old 15-08-2016, 10:08 PM   #3
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ooooooooh isn't Olaf simply marvellous !! He is sooooo tiny ! Do you need to keep the temps constant all over ? within a smaller area ? I would worry he would wonder up the other end and get too cold then not move back ? but I admit I have never hatched eggs so don't know ! well done and congratulations ! CB
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Old 15-08-2016, 10:31 PM   #4
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Thank you. The name is growing on us.

This is my first ever hatchlings as well. I hadn't thought about the idea of being too cold to walk back. I was just thinking of having a warm end and a cooler end of the enclosure.

Would a hatchling need a more consistently, all over, warm environment. I'm worried hernia cold up there now. I've turned the light off for bed time as well..
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Old 15-08-2016, 10:38 PM   #5
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Hes out! Congratulations Eddie

Im not intending this the wrong way but if I may suggest: move the tile from under the heat lamp. My reasons are: they can get very hot. If baby upturns (as they do a lot) it would be harder to right themselves if your not around to help.

I find hatchlings prefer the warm side. So I provide soil deep enough to bury themselves ( 2 or 3 inches) and a reptile cave or 2 for them to hide in and feel safe. I water under the cave, place it near the lamp but not directly under and this provides a natural humid hide. My babies emerge with dewy shells in the morning and I find it keeps their shells smooth and them hydrated.
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Thanks for the tips. I will move the enclosure around in the morning. That makes good sense. Not sure why I put the slab under the lamp, wanted a variety of surfaces but will move it to around the middle then place a couple of hides near the heat.
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Perfectly gorgeous! I'll never get bored of seeing brand new hatchlings.
Olaf is a cute name. My youngest has Oleg the Meerkat (or meerpup as he insists) and took the adoption seriously by giving him a middle name - Olaf. So we have an Oleg Olaf in the family.

I've only hatched once before and it was a single egg so I divided the table to make a smaller area but as you've hopefully got a further 7 to come I guess the table will soon look more full.
Can't wait to see the others.
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Hes out! Congratulations Eddie

Im not intending this the wrong way but if I may suggest: move the tile from under the heat lamp. My reasons are: they can get very hot. If baby upturns (as they do a lot) it would be harder to right themselves if your not around to help.

I find hatchlings prefer the warm side. So I provide soil deep enough to bury themselves ( 2 or 3 inches) and a reptile cave or 2 for them to hide in and feel safe. I water under the cave, place it near the lamp but not directly under and this provides a natural humid hide. My babies emerge with dewy shells in the morning and I find it keeps their shells smooth and them hydrated.
lynne, does the whole area need to be warm or is a cool end needed ie room temp. would you move them back if they stayed cooler end too much? CB
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They need a temp gradient, just like an adult tort, and they will move to where they are comfortable, just like a bigger tortoise. But as Lynn has said , keep the substrate deep , 4inches, so he can bury himself, and I found that they do prefer to do this in the warmer end, keep a humid hide, keep the substrate moist under here to creat the humidity. He gorgeous,perfect, well done 👍😀
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Thank you. He is doing well, and I am pretty sure he even ate today, it looked like a couple of bites were taken from the leaf, but I wasn't there to see it.

Still no sign of movement from the other eggs...
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