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RE: Our Hatchling Died

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Posted by: StephF at Mon May 24 16:43:33 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by StephF ]  
   

It is possible that your little turtle over heated. A temperature of about 94F can be lethal to an incubating egg, so it doesn't seem like a stretch to think that similarly high temperatures could be equally fatal to a hatchling.

Ideally an indoor habitat should have a temperature gradient from about 70F or so at one end to 85F at the other so that a turtle can move around, cool off, warm up and generally regulate its body temperature on its own.


   

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