Urgent Care :: EGGS!

[aal]

HELP, my turtle has just laid an egg! It didn't use the sand and laid it into the water. I'm guessing it laid it just about a few minutes ago because I didn't see it there when I was feeding it. The egg is definitely fertile as there are 3 males including 3 other females inside the pond.

How long can an egg last in the water and how do I take care of the egg?!
I really need help on this one. Right now I have it in a plastic container, filled with moist garden soil. The container is well ventilated but there are bugs in the soil still. Can anyone suggest anything or any information/site I could look into? Help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!

[Zepher30]

The only thing I can tell you is that, if you rotated the egg, at all, the egg is dead. they're supposed to be in the same position as when they come from the turtle... weird I know, but odds are too it twisted and turned in the water as it fell to the bottom, but,, you never know

[Diamondbacks4Life]

The only thing I can tell you is that, if you rotated the egg, at all, the egg is dead. they're supposed to be in the same position as when they come from the turtle... weird I know, but odds are too it twisted and turned in the water as it fell to the bottom, but,, you never know

Actually the eggs can be rotated and what not for first couple hours. What do you think the eggs are doing when their in the turtle or when lay it. When turtle inside starts to grow veins attach to the side of the egg. So turning it breaks the veins and kills it.

My friend hatched a turtle egg that was in the water for two hours but succesful is very very low. First let me ask you why must you hatch the egg? There are so many res already. I would just trash the egg.

[aal]

Well I don't live in the States and I can responsibily say that I will take care of the hatchling if it ever comes out. Like I said before I've plenty of space in my pond if ever there's no space I'll make sure building a new pond's my priority. I've been taking in RES from friends who can no longer house them, and I have never let one go free in the wild. And this is my first time getting an egg so it would be quite an experience since I've been raising that mother RES for over 10 years now.

I need to know how to tell if it's a dead egg or not. And how to incubate it? I've shifted it into a plastic container filled with sand. I wet it every five hours with some warm water to keep it moist ( the sand ). And there are 4 holes to ventilate the container. Any more tips?

[aal]

And how long can an egg survive underwater?

[Diamondbacks4Life]

And how long can an egg survive underwater?

It cant. The egg slowly absorbs water, once it absorbs enough their is to much water and basically you can say the embryo drowned but the egg can absorb a good amount of water and still make it.

You need to cover the egg completely and put a 75watt bulb over the egg and keep the egg moist like your doing. The sand needs to maintain a temperature of around 84 degrees F

If you can i would run out and try and get a simple chicken incubator. Its much better then trying to hatch it with a light.

To tell if an egg is good your gonna have to gently uncover top of the egg in about a month to see if the egg is "chalking." This is where the calcium from the egg shell all moves to the middle of the egg and forms a band. You could also try candling it haha but thats envolves picking it up and trying to be very careful. i dont recomend that.

If you dont see this band in a month the egg is most likely bad.

[coreyvht]

painteds are u gonna breed your dimond backs

[aal]

And how long can an egg survive underwater?

It cant. The egg slowly absorbs water, once it absorbs enough their is to much water and basically you can say the embryo drowned but the egg can absorb a good amount of water and still make it.

You need to cover the egg completely and put a 75watt bulb over the egg and keep the egg moist like your doing. The sand needs to maintain a temperature of around 84 degrees F

If you can i would run out and try and get a simple chicken incubator. Its much better then trying to hatch it with a light.

To tell if an egg is good your gonna have to gently uncover top of the egg in about a month to see if the egg is "chalking." This is where the calcium from the egg shell all moves to the middle of the egg and forms a band. You could also try candling it haha but thats envolves picking it up and trying to be very careful. i dont recomend that.

If you dont see this band in a month the egg is most likely bad.

Thank you! The banding thing will really help me. Well I'll get the bulb and see how it goes now!

[Lilsaint]

Hey singapore friend! U have a garden i suppose? Singapore's Climate is good for hatching eggs. High humidity, high temperature. Just half bury those eggs in some soil. preferably vermiculite, or some reptile bedding. I know they're hard to get in singapore. Get maybe a 75 watt light and keep it on the eggs. The temperature can determine the sex. I forgot the temperature, but go look on it on the internet. Moist the soil a little, and add 10 ml of water per egg every other week. good luck. btw look on austin turtle page care sheet for RES. They have the incubation proess.

[aal]

Thanks Lilsaint! By the way, my egg is forming a whitish coloured substance inside the egg. Anyone knows what that is?

[Diamondbacks4Life]

Thats weird doesnt sound good if you ask me.

painteds are u gonna breed your dimond backs

I didnt get a male and female for nothing

[coreyvht]

hahaha lol

[aal]

Hey guys, just so you know, I've decided not to hatch the egg. I crushed it and lots of yolk came out. Does that prove that it is fertile?

[Diamondbacks4Life]

Hey guys, just so you know, I've decided not to hatch the egg. I crushed it and lots of yolk came out. Does that prove that it is fertile?

No, it just proves its an egg lol. Im not sure if turtle eggs are like chicken eggs but it would have a small white dot in the yolk somewhere to show it was a fertile egg.