Platemys platycephala

[juli11]

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Breeding worked today.
Now he just have to breed with the 4 other females like that

The eggs comes from this successfully breeding. Unfortunately she laid in the water..

 

[Turtle girl 98]

The eggs comes from this successfully breeding. Unfortunately she laid in the water..

Hve you had any luck?

 

[juli11]

No... the egg became foul... I don’t have luck with breeding them..

 

[Turtle girl 98]

No... the egg became foul... I don’t have luck with breeding them..

Oh I'm sorry. I wonder how come?

 

[juli11]

Because the egg was laid in the water... i think that’s the reason. But I have another female which has an egg so maybe this is the next chance

 

[Turtle girl 98]

Because the egg was laid in the water... i think that’s the reason. But I have another female which has an egg so maybe this is the next chance

Right that's probably why. You'll get one sooner or later to hatch [emoji846] good luck

 

[juli11]

I hope so. I’ll use a other incubation Methode so maybe that’s the kez

 

[Turtle girl 98]

I hope so. I’ll use a other incubation Methode so maybe that’s the kez

What method have you been using? I have eggs right now that should be hatching anyday now. I made a homemade incubator. It's working okay.

 

[juli11]

I’m using a normal incubator.
Temperature between 27-29C.
Humidity 70-90%.
Which conditions do you have?

 

[Turtle girl 98]

Practically the same conditions. 80% humidity 27 degrees Celsius.

 

[juli11]

Yes maybe the substrate is the problem. I’m using fine vermiculite

 

[juli11]

Next breeding try [emoji848]

 

[turtlesailor]

These are neat turtles...Always wanted them!

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

Oh how pretty and super Interesting ! I've never seen these before! I wonder how available that species is in north America....???

 

[method89]

turtlesandtortoises.com has some right now.

 

[TammyJ]

They are really gorgeous! I wonder how long an egg can be in the water and still be viable if taken out?

 

[juli11]

I don’t know that.. I still don’t have breeding success with this species.
This season I just found one egg from one female. All of my other turtles didn’t lay eggs yet.
But I found aome K. Baurii eggs in the water. They have to be there around 2 hours to 1 day. I put them in the incubator. I checked them after one week.. nothing.
After 2,5 weeks I saw the first veins.
Now they got an embryo and start developing.

 

[turtlesailor]

Could you share the entire setup? I’m definitely looking to buy a pair.

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

A favorite species, and great to see them here. Like vicarious aquatic turtle keeping.