Post Time: 2025-07-20
Error: No content files found.We’re really happy with the group of eggs we found today, now for the hard part of being patient until they hatch! But why do we remove the eggs and bring them inside in the first place? It’s so we please click the following post can perform a process called incubation! Reptile eggs do not have the ability to thermoregulate like our scaly friends so we as keepers have to manually manipulate the temperature at which the eggs reside, so that they can continue to grow happy and healthy. To do so we place them on a layer of moist vermiculite and perlite in a sealed container, and place them into one visit this website of our ReptBator® incubators. We then set the correct temperature for the species on the display, and wait! It can often take up to 2-3 months for many turtle species to hatch. Although we have had many species hatch out in the greenhouse when the occasional simply click the following website page egg is missed, this process ensures the perfect parameters for the eggs at all times giving them the best chance at hatching.