1. Time of egg laying by turtles:
July and August are the peak period for various pet turtles to lay eggs, but many pet turtle owners have no experience in this area, resulting in their beloved pet turtles spawning injuries or failures in hatching.
The selection of good species is the primary condition for improving the hatching rate of turtle eggs. Turtles should be individually large, robust, non-disabled, and age-appropriate. Female turtles require more than 6 years of age, the posterior edge of the leathery skin wrinkled and slightly hard; male turtles require 3 to 4 years old, stocking density of 7 per square meter, the ratio of male to female is 3:1.
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Second, the temperature of turtle egg hatching:
A well-fertilized egg shell has a white spot on top and its edges are clear and rounded, and the egg color is bright pink or white. There are no white spots on the top of the shell, and the color is basically the same, which is an unfertilized egg. The white spots on the top of the shell are large, irregular white spots, which are stunted eggs. Neither of these eggs can be crate-hatched.
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The recovered turtle eggs are placed in a wooden box 25 cm high, a number of small holes are drilled at the bottom of the box, the bottom is paved with 15-20 cm of sand or water moss, the turtle is discharged in the sand or water moss, and then sprinkle about 2 cm thick sand or water moss on the eggs, cover the sand with a wet towel, and maintain the indoor humidity of 25-35 degrees. On sunny days when the air is dry, sprinkle water on the sand 1-2 times a day, and the air humidity is large, which can reduce the number of sprinkles.
The appropriate temperature for turtle egg hatching should be controlled at 28 °C ~ 35 °C, and it is best to take about 30 °C. Can not be too high or too low, when the temperature is low, you can use manual heating. If the temperature is too high, the window should be opened for ventilation and cooling. In short, once the incubation temperature is set, the temperature difference cannot be 3 ° C before and after.
The conditions for incubation are twofold: temperature and humidity. The temperature requirements are between 22-33 degrees, and most of the hatchings are male turtles when they are below 27 degrees, and most of them are female turtles at about 31 degrees. The humidity requirements are different according to the hatching material, the air humidity requirements are about 80%, if the hatching material is sandy, it is about 12%, and if the water moss is about 30%. Incubation time varies according to temperature and humidity. Generally about 60 to 80 days out of the shell.
III. Hatching Schedule for Different Turtle Species:
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Golden Turtle: 67-90 days Yellow-throated water turtle: 66-82 days
Yellow-edged closed-shell turtle: 75-90 days Black-necked turtle: about 60 days
Four-eyed water turtle: about 135 days
Flower Turtle: About 60 days
Pig-nosed turtle: 60-70 days
Map Turtle: 60-75 days
Red-bellied short-necked turtle: 42-49 days
Thorny mountain turtle: more than 100 days
Donut turtle: 90-100 days
Alligator turtle: 55-125 days
Alligator tortoise: 100-140 days
Turtle: 70-80 days
Ground Turtle: More than two months
Japanese Stone Turtle: 60-90 days
Toad head turtle: about 200 days
Dead leaf turtle: about 280 days
Marginal tortoise: 60-110 days Three-clawed box turtle: 75-90 days
Lisbok Turtle: About 70 days
Musk turtle: about 84 days
Striped side-necked turtle: about 120 days
Burmese Star Turtle: About 100 days
Radioactive tortoises: 145-231 days
Concave tortoise: about 75 days
Leopard tortoise: 130-150 days
Sulcata Tortoise: 120 days
Four-clawed tortoise: about 60 days
Egyptian tortoise: 60-120 days
Burmese tortoise: 98-134 days
Hinged tortoise: about 5 months
Cookie Turtle: 99-237 days
Boot-footed tortoises: no more than 70 days
Florida Pseudo-Tortoise: 70-100 days Angeloka Tortoise: 168-296 days
Fourth, hatching out of the precautions
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1, whether it is eggs, bird eggs or turtle eggs, do not try to help break the shell. In the late hatching of turtle eggs, it takes 1-2 days after the eggs have cracked to completely climb out of the shell. During this period, do not be too anxious, "kindly" pull out the turtle seedlings, so as not to injure the turtle seedlings. The physical fitness of the turtle seedlings that are forcibly pulled out will also be weaker than the normal shell-breaking turtles.
2, the little turtle comes out to grow very complete and delicate, only a very small crack in the abdomen reveals a little umbilical cord, it will take a month for the fissure in the abdomen to heal.
The turtle seedlings that have not yet been collected are first placed in another pot (the pot is first put into clean yellow mud), waiting for the natural recovery of the umbilical cord of the turtle seedlings, disinfecting the turtle seedlings with 5% povidone iodine, and then feeding them in clean and shallow water.
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