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some of you may or may not recall a post I did last yr I believe about what the proper name for a group of turtles was.. we learned it was a "bale"

heres another one, are there any names for different sexes?
like goose and gander and so forth

and I know somewhere in the back of my brain the answer to this question is there somewhere but I cannot find it, so.. how long can a female carry an egg, I palpated my smallest female on may 5th and I swear I felt an egg, but she's not shown any signs of wanting to nest, or being egg bound, my other female who was gravid for less than 3 weeks has already laid her eggs.
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My Site
1.2.1 Terrapene Carolina Triunguis
0.1 Nymphicus hollandicus
1.1 Melopsittacus undulatus
1.0 American Cocker Spaniels
1.0 American Short Hair? Cat
1.1 Rouen Ducks

According to http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/Animalbabies.shtml

a baby turtle is called a hatchling,
a male turtle is called a male,
a female turtle is called a female

I don't know how long a female (term for a female turtle) can hold her eggs.
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0.1.0 ornate box turtle
1.0.0 eastern box turtle
1.0.0 Yellow belly slider
0.1.0 Red belly cooter
0.1.0 Australian shepard
1.9.0 chickens
3.2.0 children (do I still count the married ones?)
1.0.0 husband