Henrietta laid an egg!

Henrietta is one of my tortoises - I got her when I was 2 yrs old, so she's at least 70+ now. Mainly for the younger females I built a 'nesting hill' a few days ago. Whilst giving them a drink today, H got in position to have a pee, or so I thought! I was gobsmacked to say the least when a perfectly formed egg popped out, next to my hill! It is now in the incubator to see if it is fertile :

Lmao!! Thats great!!

Awesome!!!!

What a brilliant surprise...& right before your eyes, she must have waited for you ...
Thats so sweet..I do hope it is fertile for you...So kool...

Get us a pic of the mother and her egg!!

Bwompus wrote:

Get us a pic of the mother and her egg!!

Will get one tomorrow before the egg goes in the incubator

Hi happy for you I Recently got my wife a hermans tortoise for her birthday hes only a little fellow about 3inch from head to tail but they are such cute creatures.

ltaylor88 wrote:

Hi happy for you I Recently got my wife a hermans tortoise for her birthday hes only a little fellow about 3inch from head to tail but they are such cute creatures.

henrietta is a Herman too

I will have to have a chat when iv got more time as im still learning with hime and a little bit of your experiance would be very apricated

YAY!!! for herps!!

Lizards, turtles, etc....not herpes

Disaster has struck My puppy got in with the tortoises and ATE the eggs - I;m well and truly gutted!

Yvette wrote:

Disaster has struck My puppy got in with the tortoises and ATE the eggs - I;m well and truly gutted!

Ohhh Nooo!!!!!!!

Naughty Naughty puppy

Angi-N-Wayne wrote:

Yvette wrote:

Disaster has struck My puppy got in with the tortoises and ATE the eggs - I;m well and truly gutted!

Ohhh Nooo!!!!!!!

Naughty Naughty puppy

Angi, this puppy Gracie, is as bad as her dad, and he was 3 before he behaved himself!

dogs are such a hastle but you gota love em

Henrietta has laid another one!!! Didn't see it happen, and it now safely wrapped up while I check incubator temp is ok

Nice! good work!

better luck with this one, not that you need it

Doug wrote:

Nice! good work!

better luck with this one, not that you need it

Doug I am the unluckiest person ever born! This egg is being guarded with my life!

Oh this is a bitter sweet topic..
I hope this one survives, that puppy would have been toasted if it were mine lol...jj

i may be a little off topic, but what egg we talking about... turtle, tortoise, bearded dragon...lol...?

wolverine wrote:

i may be a little off topic, but what egg we talking about... turtle, tortoise, bearded dragon...lol...?

Hi, henrietta is a hermanns tortoise who I have had since I was 2yrs old!

family think I am crazy right now...

they think I am Dr dolittle....

only have fish and a dog too, but recently looked at rehoming a bearded dragon for a friend, and also
a couple of rats....lol...

though I must say I have not had a tortoise for a long time, I have been trying to source one ready for my next house move.

Congratulations - take great care of your new pride

Yvette wrote:

Henrietta has laid another one!!! Didn't see it happen, and it now safely wrapped up while I check incubator temp is ok

Phew, you'd better guard this one with your life ..... keep us informed on the egg

Its funny - if I can't get a second fishtank then I'm considering either a tortoise or a bearded dragon as my other half is a huge reptile (as well as duck, moggie, doggie, rabbit .... well you get the picture) fan.

Look forward to seeing pictures when your egg hatches (fingers crossed).

ok mark let us start with that ....

first I now have three tanks,.... lol so past my second....

infact I did have five but down graded to three as I am pending a move later in the year....

the tortoise would be for the new garden ...lol... and compassion for one I lost a while back :(

the rabbit if i ever get one was for my partners son... who is currently suffering from eye sight problems and possible health problems-- though not sure if it should be a rabbit, bearded dragon or a chinchilla,or chipmunk right now..... though along with pets come responsibility so I am wondering whether all those plans should be put on hold since me, and the partner, and her son require a couple of long deserved holidays and since we have no immediate family able to take care of the fish or pets, I am thinking of animals and future pets for next year....

though a long term plan is to eventually run a animal sanctuary or fish rehoming service pre retirement so I can give something back to the animals and creatures that are so often over overlooked....

not forgetting though I am currently waiting for my dog to be assessed as a dog to be used for patient therapy for people in hospital with long term illness etc......

but I would never say no to ideas and equipment for me to reach those goals quicker....

and I like to say thank you to every one who helps me online.....

for advice from other fellow fish keepers and breeders is always useful....

stay happy, keep smiling and reward those that reward you

kind regards...

lj

Angi-N-Wayne wrote:

Yvette wrote:

Henrietta has laid another one!!! Didn't see it happen, and it now safely wrapped up while I check incubator temp is ok

Phew, you'd better guard this one with your life ..... keep us informed on the egg

This egg is now safe in the incubator upstairs - well away from my hounds!