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red-eared slider eggs?

I‘ve prepared a plastic container with a couple of holes. Can I use potting soil instead of vermiculite? will the eggs be lack of oxygen if i close the lid?

Answer:

Potting soil is fine, so long as it is sterile. Use steam to sterilize it. The box will have plenty of air. The main problem is drying out. If you have a good scale, weigh the box every so often and add a ml of water for each gram of weight lost. If you don't, just wing it.
Potting soil is fine. Just remember that red eared slider eggs must stay face up. Hard to explain but do not move it's placement. For example, Keep the side of the eggs that was facing up, actually facing up. So if you put a dot on top of the egg and move the egg to your potting soil, make sure that dot is facing up.

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