I have a female Painted Turtle (confirmed female by vet- age 3-4 years old) and a Red Eared Slider (sex not confirmed- age 2-3 yrs) in the same tank and I just found 7 eggs today. First off, can a female turtle lay eggs without having a male in the tank? Or does the female only lay eggs once she has mated? Second, could the female Painted turtle mate with a male Red Eared Slider and produce babies? I have read numerous turtle books but they make no mention of this type of scenario. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. Thank you kindly!
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Can f paint turtle lay eggs w/o male?
KTurtle
Jun 13, 2007 10:19 PM
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piffler1960
Jun 16, 2007 03:45 PM
I think females who are sexually mature can lay eggs although they are not fertile...can you tell if the other is a male? The male has a v type cut to the bottom of his shell by the tail and the females is straight...I have no idea if they could of bred...that would produce a hybrid, right? Time to Google turtle hybrids and see what pops up. Please post back if you learn anything, this is fascinating.
