Posted by:
kensopher
at Sat Jul 29 10:12:34 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kensopher ]
Ditto, I'd skip the shallow water. I've heard of people actually raising box turtles in shallow water. I'd be way too scared that they'd flip themselves over and drown. I've actually had hatchling painted turtles do that. Now, I always give aquatic turtles deep enough water to flip over and baby box turtles very small water dishes.
Anyway, you can use moist paper towels. Personally, I remove them from the incubation media quickly because I'm worried that they'll accidentally ingest some. I go out and pick fresh sphagnum moss. It holds moisture well, allows them hiding and security, and also has mild antiseptic properties for the open umbilical area. Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers used to dress their wounds with fresh sphagnum moss because of the antibiotic properties. DON'T expect this with the bagged stuff from the store...in fact, it's been shown to harbor pathogenic mold spores due to harvesting and storage procedures.
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- hatchling q - Rouen, Sat Jul 29 07:59:18 2006
- RE: hatchling q - StephF, Sat Jul 29 08:52:42 2006
 RE: hatchling q - kensopher, Sat Jul 29 10:12:34 2006- RE: hatchling q - streamwalker, Sun Jul 30 02:25:41 2006
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