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Originally Posted by mather
Hi all my first tortoise hatched fine and is now walking around his new house.
My second tortoise pipped a small hole for his nose and has broke top half of egg away but he does not seem to move there is slime with blood coming from underneath him which i think the yolk sac must still be there ..
Should i take him out the egg to see if his sac is still there or should i just leave him?
Also would he pip with the sac still there and would they just lie there without moving because of the sac ? He pipped yesterday
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If there is some shell under him/her then leave well enough alone.
It sounds as though the sac has ruptured, its always best to let hatchlings do their thing. And only intervene when its around two-three days of them trying to get out.
And yes hatchlings regularly will pip with a large egg sac. And this can take up to 36 hours or more to absorb.