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well 2 out of 3 eggs have little heads coming through them.
Here is my plan: keep them moist and warm and keep them from fumbling around so they don't break their egg sac.
Now should I leave them in the incubator or separate them into individual containers? How long until they start to feed?
I need advice from the experts

Thanks

(only kidding)

What I do now is place the egg in a shoebox (plastic Rubbermaid)with a bunch of layers of moist papertowel. I place this back in the incubator. Try to disturb it as little as possible so it stays in the egg and absorbs all the yolk. If it leaves the egg before that, just remove the egg shell and all the pieces and let it go in the shoe box.

In the past when I had many that hatched out I placed each one in the same setup only it was in individual Deli cups. This kept the others from tearing each others yolk sack.

Leave them in that set up until all the yolk is absorbed and the shell has smoothed out. (4-5)days.

Congratulations. You are now an official contributor to the over population of Geochelone sulcata in captivity.
(still kidding after 'congratulations')
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Ed
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np

You know all I asked for is some advice and I got alot of judgement and sarcasm. What is up with you guys?
Thanks for nothing.

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Ed
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I may be wrong but it seems that I get the same implied message from your statements as the other poster "passport" got.
It seems you said one thing, and then acted like you didn't really mean it.
Get it?

I think you deserve an explanation.
I am a school teacher. My district has somewhat of a moderate version of "year round" schooling. This means the students get a shorter summer and longer breaks for holidays and spring Break. The eggs were donated by a parent who thought it would be a great learning experience and fun for the 1st graders. Seems like a great idea right?
Of course it is.
Anyhow, the eggs were scheduled to hatch at the end of the month when we would be back in class and into our new schoolrooms. Slight miscalculation.

I guess you're new to the list or have beter things to do with your time. This is not intended to be sarcastic. This stupid machine can be a great learning tool but it can be a great waste of time also.

My point of view is that eggs should never be destroyed. There will always be somebody that will give the animals a good home.

I assumed you might have been aware of the soap opera that sometimes takes place here on certain subjects.

My appology.

Congratulations (without the smart a$$ remarks) I've hatched out many critters and that feeling never goes away... at least in my case.

I just hatched out some Ball Pythons. I'm really stoked over that. Now all I have to do is get them to eat. The I've got to figure what to do with them.

Anyway... cheers.
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Ed
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>>I just hatched out some Ball Pythons. I'm really stoked over that. Now all I have to do is get them to eat. The I've got to figure what to do with them.

Getting them to feed is easy. After they shed, offer a small mouse. The end. But, whatever you do... DO NOT (and I mean NEVER) try and 'give' a Ball Python to Mayday. He might punch your lights out!!! No kidding... Hahaha... Okay, I just HAD to post that Mayday. Please don't beat me up in Daytona (j/k). See you crazies soon!

Matt
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Ed
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That would have been a fantastic idea if the parent would of told you the temperature they incubated them in the past and how long they took to hatch.

If you had the information you could have planed it as such.

Again, with the animals I've hatched out the incubation period is amazingly consistant among individuals but different between each other if you know what I mean. It is fantastic. I can calculate the hatch date within a day or two and it rarely strays.

I know the kids would have gotten a kick out of it... most of them, anyway.
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Ed
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basic laws of supply and demand dictate that if there is too much supply, demand goes down. Go to any reptile show an you will definately see that is not the case with sulcatas. Large animals still command a high price.

And when I offer to place any sulcata that is available for adoption, I'm never taken up on it. For those that I place on my own... I have no problem doing so.
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Ed
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I'm never taken up on it. For those that I place on my own... I have no problem doing so.

I don't quite understand what you mean by the above statement.

There are tortoise adoption services... They place unwanted turtles and tortoises.

Many of the organizations that do this job say that the Sulcata is a problem because they breed so readily and they get too big. They go on to say that they have problems placing them because of this.

When I offer to place some that they might have I'm told that they don't have any.

When I get a phone call asking me if I might be able to find a home for a wayward Sulcata, I have no trouble doing so.
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