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smlangl33 · Guest Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 2

i have a fifty five gallon tank and would appreciate any information and pics on how the egg laying (sand area) should be so that the turtle can lay eggs also should i leave the female in the egg laying area in the day time and then return her to the water at night or how would i go about it since there is really no way to know if she is pregnant or not

dixieee · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 3:08 pm Post subject:

i know it's none of my business but are u sure u want to breed ur turtles? do u have enough room for the babies? can u provide a good home for them? it's fun i admit but needs lots of attention and caring

anyways, check the care sheets on "our" website and do a lot of reading about it..there's also a sticky topic in this section that is very useful..u can't tell exactly when she'll lay the eggs but keep watching for them..if u could keep some sand on a dry area in the tank itself it'll be better cz i didn't hear of anything like not laying at night..if she's pregnant she'll keep digging around so keep some soil or that special thing they lay their eggs in so she can dig whenever she wants

good luck and keep us posted Smile

yey babies are on the way Very Happy

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so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u