Recent content by SeverusBites

Thanks for your reply. There may not be much interest in this, but I figured I'd finish the story. It isn't a happy ending, so far. Warning: This post contains photos of deceased animals. Viewer discretion advised. I was excited one day when my wife called to say one of these painted...

I don't know if anyone is interested, but I did get one of those little incubators off eBay to play with. I've had it set up for a week now, and the temperature is very stable, more so than my cooler-aquarium heater setup. It comes with a little tray meant to hold eggs, and underneath is a fan...

Thanks for the confirmation- I really think that basically anything can work- Painted turtles are laying in all kinds of soils all over the country, and while we can't know how successful they are, they are definitely successful enough given that there are more Painted turtles around than any...

I'm hoping Tom will give me the benefit of his experience above, but I wanted to keep talking with everyone here about another observation I've made about turtle eggs. Above, I mentioned being afraid of the eggs getting wet, mainly due to mold concerns. I've actually had a few eggs grow some...

I try not to peek, but then again, I'm not sure a 1-2 degree dip in temperature and some fresh air are hurting anything. I'm paranoid about water dripping on the eggs, so I open the cooler and shake off the plastic dome once every day or two. That's just to explain why I've seen the eggs each...

Today, I noticed that a white spot had formed at the top of the three "horizontal" eggs, sorta from the inside, it looked like. Can't quite tell on the fourth, but no reason to think it's not the same. I think this is good, I think that as you say, the embryos were not attached yet and now...

Hello Folks, I wanted to share this turtle adventure. A decade ago I saw a box turtle lay eggs in my yard, retrieved them, and hatched 4 of 4 baby 3-toed box turtles, an amazing experience. A few years back I found an RES laying, and later dug up 14 eggs which all hatched, and after a year...

I'm sure I will, I plan to get 5 more and try to breed some. They sure have interesting personalities!

Thank you! Severus is a common snapper, yes. He's not to personable, but is very active and interesting pet, and super cool to look at.

Sure, that is a common 20 long. It is drilled for canister filter connections through the bottom in the center rear.

Hey, thanks, man, I super appreciate it. I love these guys as well, just treating them the best I can. I also think diamondbacks are a really cool turtle, I'm from the East Coast but further south than they occur.

Thank you, very nice to say. I saw your reply on the other thread as well. . . I wish I could find a forum that had some good traffic, but it seems that the few that are left are mainly populated by a small group of online friends that keep the place alive. Nothing wrong with that, of...

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/new-baby-na-spotted-turtles-the-arrival.198097/

Hello, I posted on here in the wanted section about where to get NA spotted turtles. I got some good ideas, but ultimately I found what I wanted through a Kingsnake.com ad. Found a good breeder with a few of last year's hatchlings left. This was really cool, since I want to start a breeding...

Well, turns out it wasn't really that hard. In fact, I'm not sure why I didn't have this idea sooner- 20 years ago when I was still into snakes, I learned about Kingsnake.com, then subsequently forgot about it. Googling sources for reptiles finally reminded me of it. There were a couple of...