Diapause in 3 striped mud turtles - Page 6

Kirkie · 11-09-2012, 10:19 PM

I've been putting the recent eggs straight into the incubator at 28C. None of the summer laid eggs have entered diapause, they're all developing. *18C would do the trick for diapause, I put mine in a cooler bag(no ice pack!) in a cool room. A bit of variation work matter. *Another of my February eggs has started developing after 3 months of cool temperatures and two months back in the incubator so I cant really give you any tips.

I haven't hibernated the three striped. * *I use a water heater at 25C most of the year and I switch this off around December for a month and have the lights further away so they get a cool down.*

Kirkie · 13-09-2012, 06:52 PM

Eggs go in, turtles come out.

Two hatched today with a third sitting it out in the egg. My home is overrun with tiny turtles.

Torterra · 13-09-2012, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirkie

Eggs go in, turtles come out.

Two hatched today with a third sitting it out in the egg. My home is overrun with tiny turtles.

How sweet is that!

Kirkie · 15-09-2012, 12:03 AM

Note to self: stop incubating on sphagnum moss.

I thought I'd try it as an alternative to vermiculite. The two eggs on sphagnum (3 months old) have a crack running the length of the underside. It hasn't affected the inner membrane but I've switched them to vermiculite.

David Kirkpatrick wrote about longitudinal crack appearing a month before hatching but I haven't seen this til now. Doesn't say what incubation medium he was using; just says sphagnum or a dirt/vermiculite mixture.

Kirkie · 15-09-2012, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Torterra

How sweet is that!

Thanks. I was quite shocked today. One of the new hatchlings was up basking on a bit of cork bark, not seen that before.

11-09-2012, 10:19 PM	#51
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	I've been putting the recent eggs straight into the incubator at 28C. None of the summer laid eggs have entered diapause, they're all developing. 18C would do the trick for diapause, I put mine in a cooler bag(no ice pack!) in a cool room. A bit of variation work matter. Another of my February eggs has started developing after 3 months of cool temperatures and two months back in the incubator so I cant really give you any tips. I haven't hibernated the three striped. * I use a water heater at 25C most of the year and I switch this off around December for a month and have the lights further away so they get a cool down.

13-09-2012, 06:52 PM	#52
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Eggs go in, turtles come out. Two hatched today with a third sitting it out in the egg. My home is overrun with tiny turtles.

15-09-2012, 12:03 AM	#54
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Note to self: stop incubating on sphagnum moss. I thought I'd try it as an alternative to vermiculite. The two eggs on sphagnum (3 months old) have a crack running the length of the underside. It hasn't affected the inner membrane but I've switched them to vermiculite. David Kirkpatrick wrote about longitudinal crack appearing a month before hatching but I haven't seen this til now. Doesn't say what incubation medium he was using; just says sphagnum or a dirt/vermiculite mixture.

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