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Old 06-05-2009, 09:52 PM   #11
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OOOOH eggies you must be so excited, i would love to breed some little torties one day, please keep us posted on how it all go's!
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Old 09-05-2009, 12:18 AM   #12
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Wink Update #6 Feint ring

This is egg #1. 10 days in and you can just see what looks like a feint ring...maybe it is my eyes !!!
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Old 09-05-2009, 01:44 PM   #13
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Aww i think there's a baby in that one!
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Old 19-05-2009, 08:44 AM   #14
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Hi, It's now 3wks and 3 days. Still no sign in the other three eggs but the fertile one now has a more definate what looks like a small yolk with red blood vessel lines around.

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ooooh how exciting! good luck x
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Old 20-05-2009, 04:51 PM   #16
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It's very exciting - do keep posting your updates!
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Old 11-06-2009, 04:09 PM   #17
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Whats happening with these egss now, it looks so exciting!
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Old 13-06-2009, 10:42 PM   #18
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there's all the blood vessels and the 'dark blob' seems to be getting bigger.... All looks good up to press!!! still 1 out of 4. but still very proud. Think we are gonna call it Hamish!! 2 weeks to go to the 63 days..
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Update number god knows....lots of blood vessels. What do we do when it hatches. 2 weeks to go. Whats the best temp i assume it's around 30 c ish....
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Update number god knows....lots of blood vessels. What do we do when it hatches. 2 weeks to go. Whats the best temp i assume it's around 30 c ish....
Just keep doing what you've been doing. I try to let some fresh air in with the eggs as oxygen demand increases as the tortoise grows in the egg.
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