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Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

I\'m asking this question because my sister\'s turtle, Igby, keeps climbing on to my turtle, Limpy. Sometimes she gets annoyed and sometimes she doesnt care. I saw on this one site that they breed by having the male lay on top of the female. Is that true? And if not is this kind of behavior acceptable?

Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

is this all?

booboo · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

how old r they
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Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

idk how old they are but ive had mine for over a year

booboo · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

im sure that it is how they breed has limpy been trying to dig around alot
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Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

idk but like when i clean her wayer you know when it gets dirty...she like scrapes the wall of her tank so i guess u could call that diiging cuz shes not neccesarily digging into the tank...

booboo · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

well my turtle does the same thing but she is too young to be pregnant and their is no male i mean like at the bottom of the tank
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Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

she isnt eating neither shouldnt she eat to stay like alive and stuff?also Igby is larger than Limpy when he lays opn her is that a problem?

booboo · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

try and seperate them then
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Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

why should i seperate them?:/

booboo · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

well you dont have to it was just an idea
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Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

if the turtle lays an egg should you touch it?

Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

also how big are the eggs are they visible? small? big. should u bury them in sand to incubate?

booboo · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

first you will want them in sand.

then you will want to take them out of the water or they will drown Sad

keep the sand moist and incubate them
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Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

why will they drown in water does the water go throught the shell

New_Mom15 · Level 2 Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 35

The male turtle, when trying to mate, will get on top of the female. Turtles tend to bang around a lot so if that is what either one of them is doind, it\'s natural, they like to bang things up. If you don\'t want them to have babies or they are hurting each other, than seperate them, but if naot, let them stay together.
The most important thing if your turtle lays her eggs inside the water, take them out immediatly or they will drown, second make sure you don\'t turn the eggs over when you take them out of the tank or else you might damage or kill the baby inside, they are very sensitive. If the eggs are stuck together, don\'t try to seperate them, unless it is easily taken apart, keep them together or else you risk the eggs tearing, and I am sure you don\'t want that. If you know the turtle is pregnant or she starts really trying to dig, then get some sort of box and put at least 6\" of vermiculite and incubate them and keep them moist. You should be able to see the eggs if they are laid in the water, but try to have her lay them in the vermiculite. When underwater, the \"babies\" are deprived of water because the shell is meant to protect them, so water will drown them.

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: Re: How do turtles breed?

dixieee · Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

i think they are just piling..if they were trying to mate then they\'ll probably do the mating dance b4..for the digging she must be trying to get out that\'s it and that\'s very normal..
for not eating,,for how long do u have her? if she\'s new then that\'s normal they feel shy sometimes and don\'t eat for the first couple of weeks..
and the eggs,,they are like any other eggs..a turtle should have sand to dig in and when she does u have to remove them quickly from water or the babies will die bcz of lack of oxygen..after u take them out u will have to dig them in soil (just dig and don\'t burry)..NEVER flip the eggs..u can put a small mark on top of each egg while moving them to the soil so u know how they were in the first place..u have to keep the environment moist until they hatch..then treat them as normal hatchlings..

oh yeah i almost forgot,,welcome to the board:)
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

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

Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

what do you mean dixee by dig dont bury duz that mean put the turtles in a ditch and dont bury them?

dixieee · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

like don\'t cover them totally with sand..just put their bottoms in there
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

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

Limpy the Turtle · Level 2 Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 26

but dont mom turtles do that to their babies so they can incubate?

dixieee · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

i don\'t think she totally covers them with sand..check this link cz am afraid i\'ll give the wrong info..i have no experience with breeding turtles

http://www.allturtles.com/care_sheets/water_turtle_carehbreeding.php

did she lay eggs anyway??
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

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

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: How do turtles breed?

Turtles are not like chickens, they will not sit on the eggs till they hatch, they just cover them up and go about their business.

Also, temp. will determine what sex your hatchlings will be, here is a quote from:
http://www.turtlecare.net/breed.htm