Question 1
I'm trying to keep better breeding records this year. So has the baby officially hatched the day it starts to pip, or when it finally emerges from the egg (which can take a few days as you know)?
Question 2
One of my baby box turtles died a day after he hatched. (He had a difficult time coming out of the egg.) He was in a container inside the sealed incubator and when I found him he had maggots on him. Yuck! Where did these maggots come from? The egg was dug up immediately, rinsed and popped in the incubator with clean vermiculite. After he emerged from the egg I rinsed him (because they stink when they hatch) and put him in his own container on a damp paper towel. I'm at a loss where these bugs could have come from?
I'm trying to keep better breeding records this year. So has the baby officially hatched the day it starts to pip, or when it finally emerges from the egg (which can take a few days as you know)?
Question 2
One of my baby box turtles died a day after he hatched. (He had a difficult time coming out of the egg.) He was in a container inside the sealed incubator and when I found him he had maggots on him. Yuck! Where did these maggots come from? The egg was dug up immediately, rinsed and popped in the incubator with clean vermiculite. After he emerged from the egg I rinsed him (because they stink when they hatch) and put him in his own container on a damp paper towel. I'm at a loss where these bugs could have come from?