Surprise, my female leopard just layed 12 eggs and the male seemed at least a year away from the size needed. Anyway, the eggs are now in my snake incubator at 82 degrees. they are in the usual plastic box on vermiculite just like my snakes. Now- is this the correct setup for tortoise eggs, how do they differ from snakes? do they need more ventilation, humidity, etc..? What about the diapause? how long and at what temperature and when during the incubation? Can you candle the eggs and see how things are working? I plan the raise the incubator to 86 degrees once I have a plan about this diapause.
thanks tom
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Leopard tortoises incubation questions
TomD
Oct 25, 2010 03:25 PM
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coreyc
Oct 25, 2010 08:15 PM
post your question on tortiose forum .org under leopard tortioses some body there can answer your question .
ALDABRAMAN
Oct 25, 2010 08:22 PM
Tom, I breed aldabra tortoises and use vermiculite at 86 degrees and 80% humitity. I am not sure what type of incubator, however tortoise eggs need to be motionless. Mine take about 105 days before hatching starts.
If you want any further information or I can forward pictures of the eggs in vermiculite in a incubator set up for you, just e-mail me at ALDABRAMANGREG@HOTMAIL.COM. Good luck, Greg.
