return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
 
Click here for LLL Reptile & Supply
Mice, Rats, Rabbits, Chicks, Quail
Available Now at RodentPro.com!
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: Bearded Dragon . . . . . . . . . .  Tinley Reflections: An open letter from Mom . . . . . . . . . .  Greater Cincinnati Herp Society Meeting - Apr 02, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Calusa Herp Society Meeting - Apr 04, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Apr 06, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Hamburg Reptile Show - Apr. 13, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  St. Louis Herpetological Society - Apr 14, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - Apr 16, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  DFW Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - Apr 21, 2024 . . . . . . . . . . 
Join USARK - Fight for your rights!
full banner - advertise here .50¢/1000 views
Polar Rodents - US based provider of frozen rats and mice.
pool banner - $50 year

Common Snapper Eggs

[ Login ] [ User Prefs ] [ Search Forums ] [ Back to Main Page ] [ Back to Snapping Turtles ] [ Reply To This Message ]
[ Register to Post ]

Posted by: hcpbill at Sat May 26 15:09:57 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by hcpbill ]  
   

I retrieved a batch of eggs today from near our pond. The Turtle was still covering the nest at 11 this morning. The Racoons are terrible here and where this turtle was the Racoons get all of them. So I felt it was best to take them. Since the eggs were just laid (a few were still soft) I am hoping they will survive being transported. I had to carry them 3/4 mile and the drive home is about 3 miles. I am hoping they will survive. Any thoughts on the chances these survived? I have them in an incubator @ 82 F. I used Pearlite with equal portions of water to Pearlite by weight. Is that the best for incubating? I have hatched lots of Kingsnakes, Milksnakes and Hognose but never Turtles.
And by the way, this was not a big turtle, 14" long shell at the most and she laid 33 eggs, wow!
Thanks
Bill


   

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Show Entire Thread ]


>> Next Message:  RE: Common Snapper Eggs - rick d, Sat May 26 16:37:15 2007
>> Next Message:  RE: Common Snapper Eggs - thisdude, Sat May 26 21:49:31 2007