Cleared ouy the old eggs and 2 might be alive!!! - Page 2

mich · 26-12-2007, 11:35 AM

Hi and a merry Xmas to you all,

Well as expected the baby Elongated was dead in the egg which was a shame. It gets you thinking. it came this far so what went wrong!

Better news with the baby YellowFoot as it hatched. This was a real shock as I did not give it a hope in hell's chance it would survive.
The baby seems a little weak so fingers crossed.

Mich

Henry-flash · 26-12-2007, 11:37 AM

Merry Christmas Mike

What a shame about the little elongated, but fantastic news about the yellow, really pleased it pulled through. Fingers crossed it goes from strength to strength.

piglet · 26-12-2007, 11:49 AM

Mike thats great news it look good , fingers crossed it continues to thrive

D

**Eire_Ade** · 26-12-2007, 12:35 PM

Well done Mike,

I hope the little yellow foot goes from strength to strength, but you will certainly do your best by him / her I know.

Ade

**egyptiandan64** · 26-12-2007, 12:42 PM

Great news about the Yellowfoot Mike

It looks good to me too.

Sorry about the Elongated

I can only think it's hatching reflex wasn't strong enough and it asphyxiated. The embryos need for oxygen is huge right before hatching and the egg and membrane can't transfer enough. Thats why they need to hatch.

Danny

linda · 26-12-2007, 04:50 PM

sending my thoughts and hugs to your little yellow foot

bernards mom · 27-12-2007, 05:30 PM

im pleased that at least 1 of them seems to be ok mike iwill keep my fingers crossed for you.

does any1 no the answers to my previous questions?

mich · 31-12-2007, 12:43 PM

Hi Bernards Mom,

I cannot answer your question fully but the new born Yellow is taking a lot of work to keep alive. I have still to see it eat but found it asleep with some green hanging out of its mouth. It has a twice daily warm bath and then is offered very fine chopped lettice.
In comparison all my other babies wait until the egg sack has gone and just start eating straight away.

It also seems very small as a baby Elongated born yesterday was bigger out of the egg than the yellow is now.

Regards

Mich

26-12-2007, 11:37 AM	#12
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	Merry Christmas Mike What a shame about the little elongated, but fantastic news about the yellow, really pleased it pulled through. Fingers crossed it goes from strength to strength. __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

26-12-2007, 11:49 AM	#13
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	Mike thats great news it look good , fingers crossed it continues to thrive D __________________ 17 years old 25 years ago

26-12-2007, 12:35 PM	#14
Eire_Ade Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 8,422	Well done Mike, I hope the little yellow foot goes from strength to strength, but you will certainly do your best by him / her I know. Ade __________________ Ade ----------------------------------------------- Y.O.B 1971 (40 years young! ) My Tortoises :- Dug (Testudo Graeca Ibera Terrestris (Syrian), Penny, JJ (JennyJack), Buttons and Gem (Testudo Graeca Ibera)

26-12-2007, 12:42 PM	#15
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	Great news about the Yellowfoot Mike It looks good to me too. Sorry about the Elongated I can only think it's hatching reflex wasn't strong enough and it asphyxiated. The embryos need for oxygen is huge right before hatching and the egg and membrane can't transfer enough. Thats why they need to hatch. Danny __________________

27-12-2007, 05:30 PM	#17
bernards mom Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: n.yorkshire Posts: 1,106	im pleased that at least 1 of them seems to be ok mike iwill keep my fingers crossed for you. does any1 no the answers to my previous questions? __________________ 1 husband, 3 kids, 1 dog, 3 cats, 1 leopard tortoise, 2 leopard geckos, 1 house gecko, 1 rabbit, 1 guinee pig, i bird, 5 giant african land snails, and lots of fish!!!!!

26-12-2007, 11:35 AM	#11
mich Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 109	Hi and a merry Xmas to you all, Well as expected the baby Elongated was dead in the egg which was a shame. It gets you thinking. it came this far so what went wrong! Better news with the baby YellowFoot as it hatched. This was a real shock as I did not give it a hope in hell's chance it would survive. The baby seems a little weak so fingers crossed. Mich

26-12-2007, 04:50 PM	#16
linda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: west midlands Posts: 17,134	sending my thoughts and hugs to your little yellow foot

31-12-2007, 12:43 PM	#18
mich Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 109	Hi Bernards Mom, I cannot answer your question fully but the new born Yellow is taking a lot of work to keep alive. I have still to see it eat but found it asleep with some green hanging out of its mouth. It has a twice daily warm bath and then is offered very fine chopped lettice. In comparison all my other babies wait until the egg sack has gone and just start eating straight away. It also seems very small as a baby Elongated born yesterday was bigger out of the egg than the yellow is now. Regards Mich

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