We found a dead snapper in our pond. When we lifted it out 27 eggs fell out. How do i know if they will hatch?

Question

I have the eggs now in a box with a thin layer of dirt. I dont know if i should keep them together or line them up. I dont know how long they've been there, but the mother's shell was deteriortating. They are also a shade of grayish, not pure white, i don't know if that is bad. I'm just going to see if they hatch, but any advice? Anyone think they are/arent good? HELP!

Answer 1

i dont know but if they dont hatch in 3 months get rid of them.

Answer 2

If your afraid they might hatch bring it to a pet store that specializes in reptiles of bring it to a reptile vet or keep them if you don't mind tons of snakes...

Hope this helped

Answer 3

You can do a search on homemade incubaters.

You can also get in touch with

http://www.turtlerescues.org/index.htm

they will be glad to answer questions and help you do whats right.

Answer 4

Chances are that you killed them alredy when they fell the got turned and shaken. There gone, but hey i could be wrong, might make a good omlette, no just kiddin

Answer 5

Check out the last line.....

[edit] Reproduction

Courtship and mating activities for Red-eared Sliders usually occur between March and July, and take place underwater. The male swims toward the female and flutters or vibrates the back side of his long claws on and around her face and head. The female will swim toward the male and, if she is receptive, will sink to the bottom for mating. If the female is not receptive, she may become aggressive towards the male. The courtship can take up to forty-five minutes, but the mating itself usually takes only ten to fifteen minutes.[citation needed]

Sometimes a male will appear to be courting another male. This is actually a sign of dominance and the males may begin to fight. Juveniles may display the courtship dance, but until the turtles are five years of age they are not mature and unable to mate.[citation needed]

After mating, the female will spend extra time basking in order to keep her eggs warm. She may also have a change of diet, eating only certain foods or not eating as much as she normally would. Ovulation begins in May and egg-laying occurs in May through early July. A female might lay from two to thirty eggs, with larger females have the largest clutches. One female can lay up to five clutches in the same year and clutches are usually spaced twelve to thirty-six days apart. [7]

Eggs will hatch sixty to ninety days after they have been laid. Late season hatchlings may spend the winter in the nest and emerge when the weather warms in the spring. New hatchlings will cut open their egg with an egg tooth, which falls out about an hour after hatching. This tooth never grows back. Hatchlings may stay inside their eggshells after hatching for the first day or two. When a hatchling decides to leave the shell, it will have a small sac protruding from its bottom plastron. Just prior to hatching the egg contains 50% Turtle and 50% egg sac. The yolk sac is vital and provides nourishment while visible and several days after it has been absorbed into the Turtles belly. Damage or motion enough to allow air into the Turtle's body results in death. This is the main reason for marking the top of Turtle eggs if their relocation for any reason is required. An egg that has been rotated upside down will eventually terminate the embryo growth by the sac smothering the embryo. If it manages to reach term, the Turtle will try to flip over with the yolk sac which will no doubt allow air into the body cavity and death follows as noted. The other killer is water into the body cavity before the sac is absorbed completely and the opening has almost completely healed. I find 21 days from egg opening until water entry. The sac will never fall off by itself, it must be absorbed. The split may be noticeable in the hatchling's plastron on Turtles found in the field indicating the age of the Turtle to be about 3 weeks old. As noted the split must heal on its own before allowing the Turtle to swim. This does not preclude the need for moisture throughout the first 3 weeks of life out of the egg. I place my Hatchlings on moist paper towels. As a matter of fact the eggs are on these towels from the day they are laid (I dig them up an hour after laying)and covered with toweling until they hatch and can swim. The Turtle can also suck the water it needs from the toweling. Red Ear Slider eggs matriculate in South Florida in 91 days while in New York City the egg takes 102 days. Turtles relocated exhibited this effect with constancy.[citation needed]

The Turtle egg is fertilized as it is being laid and buried in the sand. The time between mating and egg laying can be days or weeks. This concept also supports the fact that a Turtle mating can provide for viable eggs two seasons in a row.

Contact the “herpetologicalsocieties.com“.

Good luck

Answer 6

i'm not sure of this, but i know that with geckos, if the eggs are unfertile, they will kind of... collapse and start to stink after about a week.

if you don't want to wait a week, you could try candling them. again, with geckos, you hold a flashlight to the shell, and if it's pinky, it's fertile, and if it's yellowy, it's dead, but that's for a gecko. you can CALL a vet to ask. if they are in a giving mood, they can offer you advice. try not to touch the eggs too much, cause if you move the eggs around and they are fertile, the embryos inside could dislodge and that will kill the babies inside. research on the net how to make an incubator (styrofoam box and an electic heating pad works) and just wait and see.

Answer 7

If you can leave the area undisturbed that would be great and you

MIGHT get to see young turtles emerge. Time required is quite variable,

maybe a few weeks, maybe more, depending on temperature and other

environmental conditions. If you have other wildlife in the area,

particularly raccoons, there is a very good chance the nest will be

discovered and the eggs eaten before they can mature, but you never know,

obviously they succeed often enough to maintain the species.