New Egg Post!
This thread will follow the development of 3 little terrapin eggs that were laid in the museum, They were found on the 14th of Jan, and it has been exactly 2 weeks since they were laid.
This is after 2 weeks of development, the red lines are the veins that are developing in the embryo. This is the first indicator that the eggs are fertilised and are developing.
On an average, red ear sliders eggs, aka the common terrapin, takes about 50 days to hatch, we are now 14 days in, we’ll send an update every week to check on the little ones!
Edit 17/02/2020
So far the eggs have been showing signs of drying up. So there may not be a successful hatch, but we will do our best to keep them alive and hopefully see some babies within a week or 2!
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I need help. My red ears terrapin lays egg.
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We have 2 red ears terrapins at home. We start keeping them since end June 2017. Now both of them size like my palm size. Yesterday, we found an eggs and it was cracked. And today early in the morning, we found another egg in good condition. By late afternoon, my youngest daughter called to inform that another egg found. Now total we have 2 eggs. Could you please tell me what should I do? A bit worry that we can’t handle the eggs probably. Not sure whether will there anymore eggs coming out in the next few days.
Hi there! Awesome to see the eggs! the first step to confirm if you have both male and female terrapins. If both are female, you can dispose of the eggs without worry. However if you have a male terrapin, you may want to try and hatch them!
If you would like to hatch them, make sure you do not rotate them anymore from this point on. Rotating turtle eggs after they have been laid can cause the embryo to drown if it has already started developing. So do a small mark on the top of the shell so you know which way is up!
Typically it will take Red Ear Slider (RES) eggs about 50 days or so to hatch. The best is if you can keep them in a breathable environment, and keep the humidity somewhere between 70%-85%, to make sure the eggs don’t dry out. A good temperature is also about 30°C, try to keep the temperature consistent, the humidity can vary a bit and it still shouldn’t be a problem, but try to be consistent. Temperature is more crucial!
After about 7-10 days, if the egg is fertilised, you should be able to spot red veins that go around the egg, this means that the egg is fertilised and there is life in it!
However owning too many terrapins can also be a chore, so if you are unable to take care of too many, do dispose of the eggs, let’s all work to be responsible pet owners!