Rocky_220
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 Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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You need to build a suitable land area for nesting, and fast. A pregnant turtle will seek a nesting area when she is ready to lay her eggs.
Here's how you can make one:
Get a Rubbermaid container and put it in next to there aquarium (make sure it's right up against it.) Fill it up with a substrate like potting soil. Now, you will have to make some type of ramp that leads up to this spot. You will also need to enclose it with some type of screen, so they can't climb out. This should serve as a nesting area. This is almost like an ''above tank basking area,'' study up on those, and you'll see what I'm talking about.
A key thing to remember is do NOT turn the eggs. If you roll them, the turtles inside will die. And, if they can't find a spot to nest, they will either hold the eggs in, which will be fatal, or they will lay them in the water, which will also kill the eggs if you don't remove them.
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