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 Yellow bellied turtle egg laying

my turtles breed 3 weeks ago now ive got the nest area ready but i still cant find out how many weeks before she lays her eggs she hasnt eatan mutch the 3 days and shes swimming up at the glass a lot trying to get out today she has stopped eating i know these are sighn that she will lay soon any ideas of how long it takes is it 4 weeks
tony
08/18/08  04:14pm

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   Message To: Tony23   In reference to Message Id: 1835188


 Yellow bellied turtle egg laying

I dont know or sure but play it safe and make her a place to lay.
7-8" coconut fiber forest bedding substrate is in my oppinion the best. with some leaf litter over it.
and remember when you come across eggs... DONT TURN THEM if they are turned 20 minuts or more after laying , it dies.
do you know how to incubate them?



08/18/08  06:44pm

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 Yellow bellied turtle egg laying

thanks ive got the land area filled with soil and sand mix at the moment ill put a few leafs in it to yer i know how to incubate them ive got all my leopard geko eggs in the incubater at the moment at 83.5 so ill just put them at that temp last night she was awake all night she was digging under the filter in the water with her back legs and going up and down the land area is this a sighn that shes close now shes looking for some where i stayed awake all night thinking she was going to lay them in the water so i cud get them out quick lol but she didnt
tony
08/19/08  07:31pm

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 Yellow bellied turtle egg laying

i’m in the same boat as you lol.
my common musk turtle is laying eggs today,or has eggs ready to be layed. i put a container of bedabest,coconut fiber, and play sand(all mixted in) for my musk turtle,with some leaf litter on top.
i was gone for two days so i just put in it 20 minutes ago,and she already has been digging,but i’ve also seen them mate NUMEROUS times.
with your YBS i think it will take days,maybe a week at most for her to lay eggs.
well, i’ve never bred YBS but that’s my "educated guess".



08/19/08  08:49pm


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