Mable, my 20 plus year old box turtle presented me with 5 large eggs this morning. She stepped on two of them but three look great. She's housed indoors and she dug a deep pit to have them in. I have moved them to an incubator set to 85 degrees and set them on moist perlite. Is this ok? I raise beardies so this is what I'd do for them. How moist should I keep the eggs? How long for hatching and whats the immediate care the hatchlings will need? Thanks for your time.
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Egg questions
weebeasties
Jan 20, 2006 02:47 PM
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PHBoxTurtle
Jan 20, 2006 09:19 PM
You have asked good questions, and the answers require a lot of typing, lol! I have written an online box turtle care book and talk about the care of eggs and hatchlings. Check it out, and of course check out other sources of information-not just mine.
www.boxturtlesite.org/bred.html
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weebeasties
Jan 21, 2006 11:12 AM
I found your site very helpful. Big Thank You from fellow turtle lovers everywhere!!
