what temputraue does a turtle need to have eggs and what habbitat?

Answer 1

I am assuming, your turtle is gravid (pregnant) and you trying to get it to lay eggs. What you need is a big Rubbermaid-like container which the turtle cannot tip over or crawl out of. Then fill it 1/3 full of plain old dirt from the garden and some play sand. Roughly half and half is fine, it's not that important. Spray the soil mixture and make it moist. Spray the tank to make it appear like it is raining. They like to come out when it rains to lay eggs.

Then put a basking light (60-75W) in the middle of the Rubbermaid set-up. Bring the turtle in the Rubbermaid for 1-2 hours a day. The best time to put her is early morning, late afternoon, evenings when it is cool. That is when they dig their nests in the wild. The air temp is not important, but you have a heat lamp in the middle of the Rubbermaid, she will decide whether she wants do dig in the middle, where the heat is or on the side where it is cooler. You are providing her with different nesting options. :)

After a week or two, she will have laid her eggs. If she still have not laid her eggs using that nesting box, you should bring it to a vet to give her a shot to induce laying. You don't want her egg bound.

This will work for almost all species of turtle. When you get your eggs, you need to incubate half buried in moist vermiculite at 27 Celsius up to 32 Celsius. You can leave it in a warm room with a lid on the plastic container. It will hatch in 90-120 depending on the temps, humidity and species.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Temerature plays a big part in the sex of the turtle that hatches from that egg.

The eggs are partially buried but do not cover them completely. This allows you to keep an eye on them. Turtle eggs gain and loose water. It is much better to be wetter rather than drier. Keep the eggs moist with the tops exposed.

The containers are closed and placed in an inexpensive incubator maintained at 84 F. The sex of a turtle is determined by the temperature of the egg. It varies some by the species of turtle. 84 degrees F is about the middle of the range so either sex may develop. At 84 degrees, you can have box turtles hatch in 50 days. The ring neck snakes also hatched in 50 days at this temperature.

Keep the small thermometer that came with the incubator with the eggs. Do not allow the eggs to get too warm in hot weather. Move the incubator to a cool place if the temperature reaches the 90s. Basically avoid temperatures in the 90s so the eggs don't spoil.

Answer 3

1. This depends on the species.

2. Temperatures are not always the most important part of good care or egg-laying. You also need a good habitat, humidity, water quality, nesting site, etc.

3. Some popular species of turtle do not breed well in captivity.

4. You can try http://www.austinsturtlepage.com for other help.

Answer 4

depends on the turtle. Different species require different temps. And, just because you do have correct temps and habitat, doesn't mean you will get eggs and doesn't mean they will be fertile if they do lay eggs. It is not always as easy as putting 2 animals together and get babies.

Answer 5

Dude, you need spelling lessons. And it depends on the breed

Answer 6

out doors in the loose dirt.