Eeeek! Egg is hatching - Page 2

Suze65 · 11-01-2014, 05:34 PM

Now they are hatching, pop them onto damp kitchen paper. The one that's hatching, leave the others on the vermiculite until they start hatching, don't wet the vermiculite .

cherylahutch · 11-01-2014, 05:38 PM

Can I put all of them on or just the hatching one? Just the incubator only has 1 shelf so I have to have them all in the one tub x

Suze65 · 11-01-2014, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cherylahutch

Can I put all of them on or just the hatching one? Just the incubator only has 1 shelf so I have to have them all in the one tub x

Oh not sure then, perhaps leave the hatching one where it is for now, once it's out it will need to go on damp paper if the yolk sac is still there, you could put it in a little tub in the viv ( once it's hatched ) the viv will be nice and warm.

cherylahutch · 11-01-2014, 06:02 PM

I've put a bottle top off milkshake filled with water in the tub with the eggs so its next to them for now not sure if it will help or not the humidity is at 81% at the moment it was at 79% this morning so has gone up slightly. I'm leaving it alone for a few hours now don't want to keep opening and shutting the door will check later see if its done anything else x

sandy · 11-01-2014, 06:03 PM

They can take as long as 24hrs or even longer if they have any egg sac still there. It can be stressful waiting:0)
Fingers crossed for you its sooner rather than later:0)

cherylahutch · 11-01-2014, 06:48 PM

Thanks Sandy I'm trying to keep distracted lol will check before I go to bed then in the morning that should give it plenty of quiet time with out being disturbed bless it must be hard work all that hatching.

emma_mcraf · 11-01-2014, 07:04 PM

It is stressful waiting, I agree. Luckily I noticed Chester starting to hatch when he already had a leg out the egg and it was late at night. I got to sleep through some of it, though woke up in the night and went to check a couple of times. By the morning he was a third of the way out and then it took just a couple more hours before he was fully hatched. Chester had absorbed his yolk sac though, so he didn't feel the need to sit around in his egg for long.
I'm sure you'll have some exciting news for us in the morning Cheryl. Then you have to go through it all again twice more!!

cherylahutch · 11-01-2014, 07:43 PM

I know Emma and Bella keeps looking as if she might want to lay again so it could all start over again soon lol with a bit of luck she will give us all a rest for a while first though.

emma_mcraf · 11-01-2014, 07:52 PM

I'm fully enjoying watching Chester grow from teeny hatchling. You're going to love it!

What a clever girl Bella is.

burnt toast · 11-01-2014, 09:38 PM

What about making a little tent over the hatching egg with v damp kitchen roll cheryl

11-01-2014, 05:34 PM	#11
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	Now they are hatching, pop them onto damp kitchen paper. The one that's hatching, leave the others on the vermiculite until they start hatching, don't wet the vermiculite . __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012 Last edited by Suze65; 11-01-2014 at 05:37 PM.

11-01-2014, 05:38 PM	#12
cherylahutch Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northumberland Posts: 2,170	Can I put all of them on or just the hatching one? Just the incubator only has 1 shelf so I have to have them all in the one tub x __________________ Proud owner of Elvis, Padme, Bella,Ruby and Daisy the Horsfields, Mork and Mindi the Indian stars, Toby and Scarlett the Redfoots Yoshi and Cleopatra the Egyptians and Sam the Labrador. .

11-01-2014, 06:02 PM	#14
cherylahutch Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northumberland Posts: 2,170	I've put a bottle top off milkshake filled with water in the tub with the eggs so its next to them for now not sure if it will help or not the humidity is at 81% at the moment it was at 79% this morning so has gone up slightly. I'm leaving it alone for a few hours now don't want to keep opening and shutting the door will check later see if its done anything else x __________________ Proud owner of Elvis, Padme, Bella,Ruby and Daisy the Horsfields, Mork and Mindi the Indian stars, Toby and Scarlett the Redfoots Yoshi and Cleopatra the Egyptians and Sam the Labrador. .

11-01-2014, 06:03 PM	#15
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	They can take as long as 24hrs or even longer if they have any egg sac still there. It can be stressful waiting:0) Fingers crossed for you its sooner rather than later:0) __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

11-01-2014, 06:48 PM	#16
cherylahutch Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northumberland Posts: 2,170	Thanks Sandy I'm trying to keep distracted lol will check before I go to bed then in the morning that should give it plenty of quiet time with out being disturbed bless it must be hard work all that hatching. __________________ Proud owner of Elvis, Padme, Bella,Ruby and Daisy the Horsfields, Mork and Mindi the Indian stars, Toby and Scarlett the Redfoots Yoshi and Cleopatra the Egyptians and Sam the Labrador. .

11-01-2014, 07:04 PM	#17
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	It is stressful waiting, I agree. Luckily I noticed Chester starting to hatch when he already had a leg out the egg and it was late at night. I got to sleep through some of it, though woke up in the night and went to check a couple of times. By the morning he was a third of the way out and then it took just a couple more hours before he was fully hatched. Chester had absorbed his yolk sac though, so he didn't feel the need to sit around in his egg for long. I'm sure you'll have some exciting news for us in the morning Cheryl. Then you have to go through it all again twice more!! __________________ 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

11-01-2014, 07:43 PM	#18
cherylahutch Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northumberland Posts: 2,170	I know Emma and Bella keeps looking as if she might want to lay again so it could all start over again soon lol with a bit of luck she will give us all a rest for a while first though. __________________ Proud owner of Elvis, Padme, Bella,Ruby and Daisy the Horsfields, Mork and Mindi the Indian stars, Toby and Scarlett the Redfoots Yoshi and Cleopatra the Egyptians and Sam the Labrador. .

11-01-2014, 07:52 PM	#19
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	I'm fully enjoying watching Chester grow from teeny hatchling. You're going to love it! What a clever girl Bella is. __________________ 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

11-01-2014, 09:38 PM	#20
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,246	What about making a little tent over the hatching egg with v damp kitchen roll cheryl

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