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How long is the incubation for Yellowfoot? And ideal temperature, please? Thanks.

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I have yellowfoots, and I hope they will be laying soon as well. I don't know what the exact figures are for them, but I found this info: maybe it will help you.

http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/Incubating_eggs_DMS_.htm

~Kyle
Chelonia.org incubating eggs

Thanks, Kyle. I have a producing pair of Yellowfoot. They have a large outdoor pen with access to a building heated with heat emmitters and if really cold I'll add a couple pig blankets. They can come and go unless it is really cold as they choose. In the building I have cypress mulch on the cement floor of the building. My female layed 4 eggs on Christmas morning. It was the coldest day of the year. I figured it would take 5 months to hatching. Even though she produced many times for the previous owner this year is my first with her.

I also found a link that says how long the incubation period is. It says 105 to 202 days. I included the link below.

Also, what do you keep your yellowfoots on? I am looking for a better substrate for mine. Thank you, and I hope this information helps you.

~Kyle
Incubation period

here is the whole page:

http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordates/craniata/reptilia/testudines/yellow-footed-tortoise.htm

I have a friend that lives in the NE US who breeds these guys and she says that hers hatch in 4 to 6 months at a temperature of about 80 degrees F (which seems low to me but this person really knows tortoises) It was also mentioned that they were incubated in very high humidity.
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