Box turtle eggs

coloto

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Hi Cheryl

You have to incubate the eggs in an adequate substrate (I use coco fiber which keeps moisture), temperature between 25-28º celsius (I presume you know that the hatchling's gender could be choosen depending on the temperature, but it's very difficult to be accurate. Humidity between 80-90% and wait for between 60-90 days in average.

Good luck
 

EricL

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I don’t think mine are any good. Several of them have collapsed.
I found mine in leaf litter so it was quite unexpected. In the time it took me to set up the incubator and substrate for them, they were already starting to dent. I believe it has to do with the humidity, because once I put them in the incubator they popped back to being firm within a few hours.
 
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