General Care Discussion :: Turtle laid eggs..now what ?

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:17 am   Turtle laid eggs..now what ?

Hi, thanks for the help and advise in advance

Afew days ago when i was feeding some leafy veg to my RES, she suddenly release what seem to be an egg, this is in the water, and then look like she was going to eat it ?, i toke the egg away and put it in a bucket but without any soil, 15 min later i came back and saw another egg, i did the same thing as ive never seen or expected her to lay eggs,

ive been reading on this topic for a while but im still not sure what to do,

I keep my RES in a cement "pool" and there is no sand or soil in it, should i make a nesting ground away from the pool ? and if yes how ? Im afraid that she might escape whatever we put her in as whatever container we havw is either wide or tall but not both, also if we dont do this, meaning prepare a nesting ground, will she die ? Its been 4 days since and shes not laid any, but i can only monitor in te morning and evening after office hours
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:43 am   Re: Turtle laid eggs..now what ?

If she's kept along, then the eggs will not be viable. If they've been in the water too long, they also won't be any good. It's probably best to just discard the eggs. Where is her pool? Is it indoors?
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Post Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:52 am   Re: Turtle laid eggs..now what ?

Its outdoors, its a simple cement "tub", theres no place for a dry area of sand/soil mix

on another note, recently ive tried putting her into a plastic box filled with 50% fine sand and 50% organic soil, she just freak out and started to crawl up the edge to get out,
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Post Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:34 am   Re: Turtle laid eggs..now what ?

Does she hibernate or is active year-round?
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