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my RES bred for their first year, this year. the eggs did not hatch i had them in about 82* in soil and the works. did i do something wrong or is it just because its their fist year?
any info would help
nathan

1.2 Red Ear Sliders
1.1 Eastern Painted
0.0.1 Eastern Musk Turtle

Were the eggs laid in water or in a substrate? What were you using for an incubator?

I don't recommend hatching out slider eggs, for the simple fact that there are more unwanted pet sliders out there than there are qualified homes. If you want to try hatching a second clutch, please consider just incubationg a couple of eggs. Freezing an egg just after it is laid is a humane way of preventing any hatching of the other eggs.

Katrina

Are you certain that the eggs were fertile?

i can provide a home for all the turtles and i know all the babies wont make it so i don't mind breeding them. im dont know how to tell if the eggs are fertile. they looked fine. i used a regular incubator.

wow, you must know a lot of really awesome people if you can place all those babies in homes where they will get the proper care, and msot importantly, space, that they need. But I still agree with the above, even if you can place the babies, there are still tons of unwanted turtles and turtles in bad homes that die needlessly each year, maybe you should advise the people you know who can provide a good home for a turtle to get one of those.

You can tell if eggs are fertile because generally infertile ones will turn yellow, deflate, start to smell, mold or all of the above after a little while if they are infertile. Reptiles magazine did an article about breeding RES earlier in the year, i looked everywhere buy couldnt find the issue try looking at reptilesmagazine.com and look through the article index to find it

thanks to everyone that responded. i don't really breed them, they just kinda do it. it is only 1.2 so i don't really get a lot of eggs. i was going to give my family members the turtles because they wanted them and i have cages set up so i know the turtles are in good homes and i check up on them. i had 4 eggs hatch today. i don't think the one will make it. it seems really weak. im not giving these 4 away im going to keep them.

you said that there are turtles that need to be adopted. do you know of any where. i know some family members that want older slider and since i only have 3 i wanna keep mine. i wouldnt mind getting 1 or two more. i have a pond out back i made for them. id post a picture but i don't know too. if you really wanna see a pic. my emails ntothed89@hotmail.com. email me and ill send you some.

thanks
nathan

I think TurtleHomes.org is the website for one of the organizations that finds homes for rescued turtles. I'm sure Katrina will jump in here with more info.

Good luck!

Nancy

Turtle Homes is one group that does national adoptions.
There are many local/regional groups out there also, and they also get turtles of all sizes. The Mid-Atlantic Turtle & Tortoise Society has juvenile females available.

Try www.anapsid.org for a list of rescues and herp societies that do adoptions, as well as www.petfinder.com for a list of reptiles for adoption locally, regionally, or nationally.

Katrina