Breeding Chinese Box turtles?

janevicki

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My two captive bred female Chinese boxies are roughly 10 years old! (My has time flown by!) I may be getting a male Chinese boxie also. My question is can the girls be able breed at 10 years old?
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Maybe yes but it also depends on their grown. I'm not a cuora expert so I don't know exactly at which size they're read to breed.
 

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10 yrs old is definitely old enough to be sexually mature. Size does have a great deal to do with maturity, though. I would say a 7" female that is 6-7 yrs old would certainly be at a stage I would consider watching for sexual activity. Males can become quite aggressive and potentially harm a female particularly if the enclosure does not allow for plenty of separation and hiding spots
 

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Cuora and many other taxa can be tricky. Some can develope follicles and lay fertilized ova(eggs)!quite early, like indotestudo elongata. But others like Manouria and cuora, can take a decade or more to start producing viably. Obviously with most chelonians age just primes them. I know flavomarginata is one of the cuora that can start producing quicker than say galbinifronsmor picturata. The key in this scenario would be the male. What age, and size is your male?
 

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