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We cleaned the tortoise enclosure today and, lo: the female has laid two eggs. She had buried them, and I am not sure for how long they've been there - I clean the thing every day, but only do a thorough cleaning every couple of weeks.
This is the fourth batch of eggs she's laid. I tried to incubate the first three myself (using a chicken incubator), but unfortunately failed - due to temp and moisture variation, I think. So we took the new eggs to a friendly neighborhood Vivarium that offers incubating services in exchange for 50% of the offspring. Don't think those will hatch either, but we'll see. A baby tortoise would be a wonderful addition to the family :)
This is the fourth batch of eggs she's laid. I tried to incubate the first three myself (using a chicken incubator), but unfortunately failed - due to temp and moisture variation, I think. So we took the new eggs to a friendly neighborhood Vivarium that offers incubating services in exchange for 50% of the offspring. Don't think those will hatch either, but we'll see. A baby tortoise would be a wonderful addition to the family :)
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Yuri's had Max for years, and when he realised Iguana keeping was the next big thing, he printed up Iguana Care flyers to leave at pet stores, so at least people would have the basic info - and you know what - the pet stores wouldn't keep them to hand out because they would rather have people pay money for a book with out of date information. :(
Unfortunately the SPCA does not have to know-how or space to care for exotic reptiles, so here, "rescued" iguanas are killed. It's a sick thing - pets as status symbols. Makes me so mad.