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Tortoises

Tortoises can have Twins?

Posted on by tortstork
05
Nov

Yes! Tortoises can have twins.  When a female tortoise is ready to make an egg, the egg yolk is released from the ovaries and travels through the fallopian tubes to be fertilized.  The egg then gets coated with a thick layer protein, minerals and water, which is the albumen (egg whites). The egg continues down […]

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Remember instahatch #55, 56, & 57?

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Instahatch eggs #55, #56 and #57 are Leopard instahatch eggs that were shipped to me from friend back on 4/17/19 and delivered on 4/18/19.  They were shipped on DD (developmental day) 95.  The first one hatched on 5/11/19.  It took 23 days from the day of delivery to hatch.  The total DD was 119.  The […]

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