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Mayday (and perhaps others),

Could you tell me how you incubated the beautiful little cruentatum that you posted pictures of below? Temps/humidity would be interesting, and did you diapause the eggs?
Any info that you'd be willing to share would be great!

Thanks!
Job.

Actually, I didn't hatch the one I have been posting pictures of. This one was hatched by Eric Holt.
However, I have hatched many in the past and I didn't experience diapause with them. I incubated the eggs I got years ago at 82 to 85 degrees. In fact, I kept the eggs in with redfoot eggs and they did fine. But now that I think about it I did get widely differing incubation times. At any rate, they are quite easy to hatch using standard mud/musk turtle incubation techniques.
I start hatchlings on live brine shrimp and frozen blood worms. They quickly go over to just about anything after that.

That's a quick reply! Thanks! I haven't had the joy of having my adult CB pair of Red-Cheeks laying eggs, but have some hopes for next spring...trying to get as much info as I can in the mean time.

Thanks again,
Job.

I got my original trio in 1982. I picked 1.2 from a group of 10 that had been picked from a much larger group. They were outstanding--especially the male. The male was a juvenile though and I didn't get eggs for a couple of years.
When I did start getting eggs they hatched with no real problem but frankly, I don't remember specifics like incubation times.
They did start laying in the fall though and then each female would lay a couple more clutches during the following months.
Hopefully, there will be a photo of my male in an upcoming article in Reptiles magazine by Mark Packer. The only bad part is the photo was taken after his head started to turn black but he still looks better than most you see today.
I gave the group to a friend in 1990.