Got more eggs last night - Page 3

jeff · 28-07-2006, 01:55 PM

hi Dan thats great news mate,looking forward to seeing some pics of them hatching mate

Henry-flash · 28-07-2006, 02:04 PM

Thats great Dan. Don't forget baby pics

Hey jeff you git a sig nott he odd one out now lmao

Jono · 25-10-2006, 10:54 PM

Jeff

i keep ornates and i am trying to breed them. No sucess yet, i will see what happens next season.
A friend in scotland has a pair of three toes and has had eggs (not fertile).

i want to know how to get them to breed too.
if anyone knows please get in touch.

cheers

Jono

North East UK

**egyptiandan64** · 26-10-2006, 12:45 AM

Hi Jono,
Have you or your friend hibernated your box turtles? You need to to have the males be fertile. How long have you had your ornates and your deserts? I just got a pair of deserts myself this year.

Dan

Jono · 26-10-2006, 05:07 PM

Dan

i have had them for a while about well i started about 10 years ago when i was a kid. i haven't hibernated them, i have been scared to do it. i have only ever lost one turtle ( due to excesive bot fly) and dont want to start now. i always reduce the temp down over winter though.
this year i have changed their enviroment to see if it helped, nothing yet but we shall see. this year i have given them the cooling off period and are almost ready for hibernation. i have a final weigh in before i let them go to sleep. maybe next week or the one after it.

i have 6 (3,3) one desert ornate male, others are all ornates.
my friend did not hibernate his either, in fact he didnt even mate them. Still laid 2 eggs last year and the year before. i dont know why.

jono

**egyptiandan64** · 02-11-2006, 01:53 PM

Jono

Hopefully this coming up year you'll get eggs

. Wow 10 years for ornates is great. I've had these guys, my most recent group, 3 to 4 years. They are very hard to keep outside of their native habitat. 3 of my ornates are hibernating and 3 are spending the winter inside. My deserts I just got so no hibernating this year. Hopefully I'll get eggs this coming up year too

Dan

28-07-2006, 01:55 PM	#21
jeff Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,180	hi Dan thats great news mate,looking forward to seeing some pics of them hatching mate __________________

28-07-2006, 02:04 PM	#22
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	Thats great Dan. Don't forget baby pics Hey jeff you git a sig nott he odd one out now lmao __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

25-10-2006, 10:54 PM	#23
Jono Junior Member Egg Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: (North East) UK Posts: 5	Jeff i keep ornates and i am trying to breed them. No sucess yet, i will see what happens next season. A friend in scotland has a pair of three toes and has had eggs (not fertile). i want to know how to get them to breed too. if anyone knows please get in touch. cheers Jono North East UK __________________ Terrapene Ornata Ornata

26-10-2006, 12:45 AM	#24
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	Hi Jono, Have you or your friend hibernated your box turtles? You need to to have the males be fertile. How long have you had your ornates and your deserts? I just got a pair of deserts myself this year. Dan __________________

26-10-2006, 05:07 PM	#25
Jono Junior Member Egg Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: (North East) UK Posts: 5	Dan i have had them for a while about well i started about 10 years ago when i was a kid. i haven't hibernated them, i have been scared to do it. i have only ever lost one turtle ( due to excesive bot fly) and dont want to start now. i always reduce the temp down over winter though. this year i have changed their enviroment to see if it helped, nothing yet but we shall see. this year i have given them the cooling off period and are almost ready for hibernation. i have a final weigh in before i let them go to sleep. maybe next week or the one after it. i have 6 (3,3) one desert ornate male, others are all ornates. my friend did not hibernate his either, in fact he didnt even mate them. Still laid 2 eggs last year and the year before. i dont know why. jono __________________ Terrapene Ornata Ornata

02-11-2006, 01:53 PM	#26
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	Jono Hopefully this coming up year you'll get eggs . Wow 10 years for ornates is great. I've had these guys, my most recent group, 3 to 4 years. They are very hard to keep outside of their native habitat. 3 of my ornates are hibernating and 3 are spending the winter inside. My deserts I just got so no hibernating this year. Hopefully I'll get eggs this coming up year too Dan __________________

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