My baby turtle egg tooth has broken is it serious?

Question

My baby brother got it so hard that the next day i noticed that the egg tooth wasn't their

Answer 1

as long as he hasnt come out of the shell mins ago then hes fine the toothe is designed to brake of from anywhere to 2 hours to 5 days its just a natural thing and it doesnt serve many perposes it only has two the first if of course coming out of the shell and for not all turtles but some it helps them brake there food before they swalow it so really its no problem

Answer 2

I'm confused... if you just BOUGHT a baby turtle with an egg tooth, it was WAY too young to buy or sell- be extremely careful- it is really, really easy to kill them this young. Do your homework.

If it hatched out, then it does not need the tooth anymore- assuming we really are talking about the real egg tooth?

Answer 3

No it is not serious. The egg tooth is designed to drop off after a few days.

Answer 4

the guy that said about the egg tooth is right ,man do some research

Answer 5

its ok...just do not remove it,K.

Once they come out, you will notice a small sack hanging out of their bellies. This is the yolk sac that fed them while they were incubating.  DO NOT try to remove this sac, trying to remove it can kill the baby turtle.  It is better to wait that it drops on its own.  Once it drops, you will notice a split in the plastron.  This will heal by itself too, you don't need to treat it.  



" Set the hatchlings them on a 20 gallon tank per dozen.  Provide them with a dry land area and a shallow water area.  Newborns need to master the art of floating and staying underwater for long periods of time.  Don't assume that they will survive only with water.  Newborn red-eared sliders can actually drown if you neglect them a dry land area. Once they are set up in their tank start feeding them.  It is important to get them to eat.  Start by offering them one by one all items on the proper slider diet.  Note:  You might have to 'chop' all of the food you offer since they are small babies.   This includes choping earthworms, mealworms, crickets.  I know, this sounds disgusting but believe me, you will get used to after a while and it won't bother you anymore. As  with addult sliders, newborns need to have their full spectrum light.  So don't forget to include that in the tank.  The full spectrum light will help the newborn shells to harden. Keep the water neatly clean.  If you don't have a filter change the water every two days.  This is very important since  baby sliders are more prone to getting eye infecitions (that can leave them blind for life or even kill them) than adult sliders. "

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