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Old 25-09-2021, 03:59 PM   #1
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Put Beaus eggs into a chinese take away dish under a lamp and little one popped out today !!! do you think his leg being stuck out at an angle is ok ?











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Old 25-09-2021, 05:41 PM   #2
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Hi Claire what exciting news. Think his leg looks OK. Hope all well with you. xx
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Yippee!! Congratulations!
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Old 26-09-2021, 12:34 PM   #4
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thank you !!! He is still surviving the shell extraction - seems to be reversing out. Im a bit worried he will exhaust himself without getting clear of the shell...its been 27 hours...loving the shell imprint on his carapace ! E.T was on last night - Extra Tortoise was suggested ! E.T








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Old 26-09-2021, 02:25 PM   #5
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They can take a while to come out but he looks fine. If you think he's a bit stuck you could just give a light misting to help him ease himself out. It is always amazing how small Marginated hatchlings are despite having large parents!
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Thank you Mary, i did ! and he is OUT OUT ! He walked around in a circle and then has gone back inside his shell again. He is the tiniest tortoise, like you say as a Marginated. He has been sleeping all afternoon, so may turn the lights out at 4 at usual , but maybe I should bathe first?

He is only in a kasabi chinese take away box placed near a second lamp in the others pen ...99 days ! I turned lights out every night, and some nights were bit cold and I only used coco coir and some stones - I still can not believe he has hatched what a shock I got yesterday.






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He looks fine is this Beau's first baby?
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Old 27-09-2021, 01:04 PM   #8
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All looks good Claire and now you have started incubating where will it end.
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Old 27-09-2021, 07:22 PM   #9
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So amazing Clare, congratulations!
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Old 28-09-2021, 02:27 PM   #10
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Thank you and you too BT

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He looks fine is this Beau's first baby?
Yes !! what an earth happened !! Fergus got a lot to answer for!

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All looks good Claire and now you have started incubating where will it end.
Gordon seriously we didn't even incubate them I just put them on the side in two chinese take away cartons with some coir after digging them up from the garden - hadn't seen them out there either so don't know how long they were there for ! - didn't even think about them until I saw little head poking out. But how thrilling its been !

sooo unprepared ! so he is in a seed tray and spent night under half an aerosol lid from and engine spray cut in half.



Then this happened at 5am ! lights were off ...



literally off in a thrice....not like Uno egg who took 30 hours odd,




and his little friend desperate to join him..






Duo Egg Straight into bathing himself..






and then snoozy Egg ..I had to take him out in the end as he keeps falling asleep in there....and spouting water. Its nerve racking !

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