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Mississippi Mud Turtle eggs have just been born. Need care tips and advice.

Posted By:

Seth

In Relation To:

Taquita

I recently went to the Dixie Reptile show in Birmingham Alabama and purchased a Mississippi Mud Turtle. I arrived home and named it "Taco", keeping it in a tank. That was in April. I just arrived home today from the most recent Dixie Reptile show and was cleaning tanks when I peered in and saw four eggs in Taco's tank. I'm BRAND new to the herp scene so I have no clue at all how to take care of these four turtle eggs. I have them in a bowl full of dirt sprayed with lots of water, covered with a plastic top. They're in an 80-85 degree habitat, and spread apart in their bowl. If I'm doing something wrong or if I could get ANY advice I would really really appreciate it, this is my first set off eggs from any reptile so I'm kind of frantic.


Points:	150
Topics:	Egg Laying , Incubation
Tags:	Eggs, Graptemys, Incubation, Mississippi, Mud, Turtle
Species:	Turtles and Tortoises > Turtles > Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii
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Accepted Answer

8/10/2009 11:45:18 AM

shellboa

I know nothing about turtle eggs, but I found this in Google...http://turtle_tails.tripod.com/raisingbabyturtles/tour8.htm

Member Comment

8/10/2009 3:54:30 PM

JohnJohn

Maybe you could look at the species list here on iHerp and see who has a lot of turtles.

I bet you're the only one with a turtle named "Taco". Awesome name.

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1/17/2011 6:42:44 AM

abi21491

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