Finally! My turtle "grandson" is born!

[zyblack]

Originally Posted by Newtsforever

Hi, my friend and i are turtle hobbyist, and where wondering how u hatched those hatchlings, from what i know, incubators are not that common here in singapore

Originally Posted by jPoPbOl

bro meaning u hatch tis just leaving it that without doin aniting else?

I don't use incubator or make any special effort to induce heat to the eggs since from what I gathered on the web for this species is that the optimal hatching temperature is between 28-30 Celsius which is just right in our Singapore climate. I have attached a small digital thermometer to each box of eggs to check on temperature.



So far quite constant except for cool rainy days when temperature drop to 26-27. But still I guess that would be what the eggs will experience in the wild when it rains on the nest. The mother turtle couldn't be bothered to incubate the eggs anyway so I guess they should be able to withstand some environment changes.

[991]

congratulation!

Wow nice man... Btw u shuld join redearslider dot com( cant post url)
Its an american based turtle site
If u hav any future turtles, will they be up for adoption?
Im into turtles but the legal species in singapore is limited
Anyway no obligations
Btw do u use uvb and heat lamps for the turtles?
I am using exo terra repti glo uvb and normal exo terra sun glo for heat

Oh yeah forgot to add, what kind of substate did u use to hold the eggs?

[HengHengZai]

gong xi gong xi ! First time seeing this in singapore !
Dam Cool and zai !
Thanks for sharing this !

[zyblack]

Originally Posted by Newtsforever

Wow nice man... Btw u shuld join redearslider dot com( cant post url)
Its an american based turtle site
If u hav any future turtles, will they be up for adoption?
Im into turtles but the legal species in singapore is limited
Anyway no obligations
Btw do u use uvb and heat lamps for the turtles?
I am using exo terra repti glo uvb and normal exo terra sun glo for heat

Oh so far I have 4 hatchlings from 2 batches of eggs. Sadly one batch of eggs got some sort of mold infection and I threw away most of the eggs. I actually cracked one open to see a fully developed embryo but it is not moving and has some little white mold/fungus growing on the side of its neck.

I have another batch of 14 eggs out of which half seems fertile, hope for better results this time round.

I am using Perlite as medium. I did join Turtle Times (another forum) but only visit the forum occasionally.

For my 2 adult turtles, no I don't use any form of UV lighting as they enjoy the full afternoon sun outside along my house. Heat is not an issue in Singapore as most locals here can attest.

could you kindly share more information on the incubating process? i understand perlite is used to retain moisture. how did you add moisture to the perlite substance? guessing when the first batch turned mouldy was caused by too much moisture?

wow amazing

never thought u could breed them locally

Thank for sharing. Congrats that you breed them..

[BadRobot]

Congrats..