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I had one egg out of three hatch monday morning. Friday night I opened the other 2. One was infertile the other is all white except the marginal scutes on the carapace. I hope this turtle will live. This is no b.s in the morning my friend with a digital is comming to take pics. This is no B.s
Tom

Awesome! I'm looking forward to pictures!!

Andrew Myers

The spotted died last night. I will still get pics. I still have both parents and one sibling from the same clutch. She bred with a male in the spring and the first two clutches gave me 6 normal babies. When I was cleaning I placed her with a small male and they started breeding. She laid these three eggs and the one hatchling was white. It is the same color as a blizzard lizzard. The first egg hatched monday morning and I opened the other 2 friday night. I cant help but wonder what would have happened if I had left the egg alone. O'well I'll try again next year.
TOM

Sorry for the loss. I could not think of a better turtle species for a white one to pop up in. That would have been absolutely great. Althought, spotteds are great just as they are. Now you have something to keep you going. Good luck and I really hope you get some.

We (my son) are waiting on our first spotted eggs to hatch now. He was givin a pair of spotteds this spring, by a good friend. My friend had them for eight years and did not attempt to nest them. She, the female, has already laid two clutches of two, in 18 days. She is also very small for a spotted(i have been told) she is only 3 1/4 inches long.

We are very new to breeding turtles. Could you go over a little bit of the basics, like how you keep them and incubate the eggs. I breed lots of other reptiles, but none of the temperature sexed types.

We have had turtles of different kinds for many years, 14, but, we justed raised them up and put them in outside ponds. So far, every stinking turtle or tortoise we have raised has been male. Any thoughts? Thanks for anything you can share. F

With spotteds, to get females, the temperature has to be between 86 and 88 degrees. Above 88 degrees you will start getting the extra scutes. 84-86 you will get mixed male and female, and 81-84 you will get males. If you are producing only male, means you need to raise the incubating temperature by 3 degrees for females.

With spotteds, I put the egg half burried in spagnum moss, that was damp to the touch. I used the hovabator. Key to hovabators is that you will need to take a week to get the temperature stabalized, also, you will need to keep it in a dark room that does not receive much temperature fluctuations. I never checked humidy, but I can say the humidity shows a bit on the glass window pannels, but not too much humidity where it begins condensing into water and starts dripping or running down the sides.

Mark

It might have been white because it hadn't formed correctly somehow and may have been doomed to die... so don't beat yourself up.
These sort of things happens in snakes pretty often.

My friend took a pic today and it didn't come out very well but if you send me your email I will send it to you. fondakellie@aol.com
.I incubate my spotties at 86 degrees and 99 percent are female. This also worked on my albino red ears. I only hatched one albino and 4 hets this year. The sibling to the white spotted is doing great and looks normal. I am going to try and breed the pair again to see if I get any more eggs.I hatched 9 other spotteds this year that are doing great so I am far from upset about this years breeding.My het female redear was also proven to be a het with one albino and my box turtles are starting to lay. I breed my turtles for the love of it not money so even if another white one hatched I would keep it.
Thank you to all who replied.
TOM

You should try uploading the picture to the Kingsnake photo gallery, it is by far the easiest way to post pictures on these forums.
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Tom,
I'm so sorry to hear that the baby died, it's always a blow to lose any hatchling, especially one that is so unique. Are you going to preserve the hatchling? If any was possible, please post a pic, even if it's a bad pic, I'm sure we are all anxious to see it. Christy

I did the same thing you did with my first spotted clutches. I two had to open two eggs, both with immature but still forming hatchlings. I thought they would hatch within a week of the other two eggs in the same clutch. Time would only tell.

Now, I will incubate any eggs for at least two months or more longer until notable signs of deterioration is observed. Doing this, I have found that eggs within the same clutch may hatch by a month or slightly more in difference. Just because one or more eggs in a clutch hatch, does not mean the others will hatch in a day or two. A week to a month latter you may find the other eggs in the clutch hatch, so just be patient if all looks ok. Also, try candeling, or better, use a small flashlight to see if late eggs are developing properly.

Mark

Where are the pic's?