Turtle laid eggs in water. Need Help!!?

Question

I just realized my turtle has laid eggs in the water in my fish tank. I have no idea what to do. Do I just leave the eggs in the water or do they need to be removed?

Answer 1

Not all eggs laid in the water by a turtle in captivity are infertile. She might not have had a suitable enough place elsewhere to lay them. Since turtles have very slow life cycles and take longer to grow and reproduce, many turtles can still lay fertile eggs years after mating with one male. If she has ever been exposed to a male in her adult life or before you got her, the possibility exists that they are fertile.
Take the eggs out of the tank NOW. Remove them carefully and do not turn them as you do so. As soon as they are out, dab them dry carefully with a paper towel or q-tips, without turning them. As soon as possible place a small mark on the top side of the eggs with a marker, and always keep this side up when handling them. If you want to see if they are fertile you can "candle" them. Take them into a dark room and with a penlight or flashlight, shine a light on one side of them, taking care to keep them always with the "up" side up. If they are fertile you should be able to see a small dark spot within and a network of blood vessels. Next you need to place them into some vermiculite. For right now if you don't have any, use some damp ( not soaking wet ) non-chemical fertilized potting soil/top soil. As soon as you can you need to get to a home improvement/gardening store and get some vermiculite. Wet it with filtered/bottled or distilled water, and squeeze it out until it is just between damp/moist and would only render drops of water if you continued to squeeze it. Make a slight depression in the soil/vermiculite and place each egg into it's own depression so that it is about halfway below the substrate level. Keep a thermometer near them and keep them between 82-84*.
As soon as you do all this, you need to do some research about building or buying an incubator and incubation of eggs for the specific species of turtle you have. Right now it may be warm enough that you don't have to heat the incubator, as I am having trouble keeping the eggs I have from getting TOO hot. But you need a spare aquarium tank or styrofoam cooler type incubator to keep them in.
There are plenty of resources about this on the net if you google for incubation of reptile, snake or turtle eggs, etc.

Answer 2

If this was a turtle you found recently, she may have been gravid and the eggs may still be viable if you discovered them quickly enough. Here's what to do:

Do not bury the eggs in the ground!!!
Put them in an enclosed container such as a deli cup. Punch a few small holes in the lid for air circulation.
Place a moist (not wet) paper towel in the cup.
Very important: Pencil an X on the top of the egg. This X must remain at the top until the egg hatches. This is to keep you from accidentally turning the egg over; turtle embryos attach to the inside of the egg, and if you turn them over they'll drown.
I'll assume you don't have an incubator, but most turtle eggs can survive some temperature fluctuation.
If your house is air conditioned, don't hatch it indoors, it will be too cool.
Don't put it any place that gets very hot, like a shed.
Don't put it in sunlight.
Put it someplace like under a porch, where it's protected from sun and the elements.
Protect it from cats & other predators. I don't know your situation, you'll have to improvise.
Depending on the species, they should hatch in 2-4 months, if they are viable.

Answer 3

What kind of turtle? A water turtle laid eggs with your fish? or what? Im confused.... well here is a turtle egg care sheet: http://www.fishpondinfo.com/turtles/turbreed.htm#laying
If there is no male present then they are infertile if they are fertile then good luck on being a grandparent to some new turtles

Answer 4

ever think of searching the internet instead of posting what hapened i suggest u put the eggs out of the water and into the land part of the tank

Answer 5

Turtle eggs laid in water are usually infertile. You can discard them.