Re: How hard is it to Breed Geochelone Denticulata?

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Posted by steve on January 05, 2002 at 01:39:52:

In Reply to: How hard is it to Breed Geochelone Denticulata? posted by Allan Hamilton Jr. on January 04, 2002 at 20:23:58:

very hard unless you have a mature pair housed together!!!
just kiddin, getting yellowfoots to breed isn't the hard part in my opinion, but i live in florida and they feel right at home.
hatching the eggs i'd say is the tricky part. from my experience, the eggs need very high humidity, but a dry substrate. kinda hard to create, but works great for me. i use a hovabator with all the bottom resevoirs filled with water. the eggs are in dry butter bowls with dry paper towels (plain white) then placed in a rubbermaid with a 1/2 inch or so of water and the whole setup is placed in the hovabator. you'll have to get the short butter tubs and a short shoe box sized rubbermaid to fit it all under the heating element of the hovabator if you use this setup. if you don't, just get the humidity as high as you can without the eggs having direct contact with actual moisture. when i first started trying to hatch them i was using moist paper towels and the eggs would swell to quickly and crack the hard outer shell. it's usually repairable, but can be avoided altogeteher.
good luck,
steve

: I have been researching yellow foots for a while and was just wondering how difficult it may be. I would Really appreciate any information on care or breeding of this species of torts.

: Thanks Much!

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: very hard unless you have a mature pair housed together!!! : just kiddin, getting yellowfoots to breed isn't the hard part in my opinion, but i live in florida and they feel right at home. : hatching the eggs i'd say is the tricky part. from my experience, the eggs need very high humidity, but a dry substrate. kinda hard to create, but works great for me. i use a hovabator with all the bottom resevoirs filled with water. the eggs are in dry butter bowls with dry paper towels (plain white) then placed in a rubbermaid with a 1/2 inch or so of water and the whole setup is placed in the hovabator. you'll have to get the short butter tubs and a short shoe box sized rubbermaid to fit it all under the heating element of the hovabator if you use this setup. if you don't, just get the humidity as high as you can without the eggs having direct contact with actual moisture. when i first started trying to hatch them i was using moist paper towels and the eggs would swell to quickly and crack the hard outer shell. it's usually repairable, but can be avoided altogeteher. : good luck, : steve : : : I have been researching yellow foots for a while and was just wondering how difficult it may be. I would Really appreciate any information on care or breeding of this species of torts. : : Thanks Much!

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