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boxienuts
at Wed Jun 24 23:05:21 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by boxienuts ]
I've had good luck with hatchrite substrate for snakes and I am currently using it to hatch out some painted turtle eggs, burried half way but not all the way and I added a bit of water to make a tad bit moister, put in small tub then put in a bigger tub, no air holes, keeps humidity up, the lid isn't perfect plus open it every couple days to check on them anyway provides plenty of air, place big tub on heat tape so the small tub they are in isn't directly on the heat tape, roughly 82-84 degrees should give a good mix of sexes, which I have read isn't set by the temp untill the last few weeks, should hatch 70 days same as the painted turtle eggs. Good luck, let us know how many eggs you find. Ohh also since you didn't dig them up right away you should mark with a pencil the top orientation the way they are when you find them, keeping the eggs same upright while you clean them off a bit with water and paper towel and when you set them in the hatchrite to make sure they remain in the same orientation, maybe you already know this from snake eggs, but just thought i would remind you. Good luck
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RE: What would you do? - boxienuts, Wed Jun 24 23:05:21 2009