This cherry head tortoise decided to pip way too early. As it was hatching I noticed something was strange about its yolk sac. The tortoise had Gastroschisis; where the intestines are outside the body. For what ever reason, this little cherry head didn’t fully develop properly. It is currently alive, moving its head and is […]
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This is instahatch egg #55 that was shipped to me from a friend in Connecticut. It was laid on 1/12/19, shipped on 4/17/11 and started to hatch on 5/10/19. This is a time lapse of it hatching. I hope you enjoy.
Instahatch #58 was shipped 1,258 miles to Gilbert, Arizona. This Sulcata Instahatch egg was shipped on 4/22/19, delivered on 4/23/19 and place in a 7 egg tiny incubator. The day after it arrived the outer shell starting to crack, but looked liked drying mud more so than a pip. So the owner cranked the humidity. […]
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This little Marginated tortoise had a piece of its shell stuck to its shell. This is a video of it being removed.
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The 46th Instahatch egg has shipped to its forever home to a very very small town called Show Low, Arizona!!!! It is an Ibera Greek tortoise egg. When i shipped the egg, the airspace was at the top and it was huge! It Shipped Monday 4/8/19, delivered on 4/9/19. When the egg was candled yesterday, […]
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The 45th Insta-hatch egg was shipped on Friday 4/5/19 and delivered on a saturday 4/6/19. It arrived already starting to hatch. Welcome to the world Cherry head Tortoise. If you want to follow this Cherryhead as it enters the world, go follow @northeastreptiles on instagram.