ColleenT
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i live in Eastern Pa. I just went to give my 3 some earthworms, and the one female has her butt parked in a corner and it appears she might be laying eggs. Is it too late in the season for my region?
Do you artificially incubate them?
Oops sorry. I assumed you would already know if she was digging a hole and laying or not.i wasn't asking if they would hatch, i was asking if she is actually laying eggs this late.
What about Kinosternon bauri, the three-striped mud turtle? I've heard that their eggs sometimes go through diapause, but that it necessary that they do so, to complete development and hatch.Although some tortoise species do have a temperature dependent diapause survival mechanism that allows eggs to not start or even stop development and then begin again when conditions favor, I know of no aquatic that have this mechanism. (I do know of some turtles that have a oxygen dependent diapause where eggs are laid in flood water mud and start developing when the water recede.)
Yes! - thanks for the catch. I have heard of K bauri nesting in the fall quite regularly and the eggs going through diapause with spring temps restarting development. Seems to be an adaptation of a very small size turtle with shallow nests and living in an area with very short and relatively mild winters.What about Kinosternon bauri, the three-striped mud turtle? I've heard that their eggs sometimes go through diapause, but that it necessary that they do so, to complete development and hatch.
They will indeed lay this late in the summer. I've had females lay up till september. Hatchling that hatch in the winter will stay in the nest till its ready to come up and out. Here in CA my girl lays late into the fall, think she knows though winters are pretty much mild as can be around these parts.i live in Eastern Pa. I just went to give my 3 some earthworms, and the one female has her butt parked in a corner and it appears she might be laying eggs. Is it too late in the season for my region?