Wanted to know because I have both a male and female box turtle and they have been hooking up.
can i keep her with her young
Other suggestions to spur mating include: - Many kepers report more success after hibernation. Hibernating turtles is tricky, but has certain benefits. If you can let your hibernate it might help. - Rain or high barometric pressures seem to help. Consider sperating yours then reintroducing them during the spring rains or other storms. - The right diet is a big plus. Make sure your turtles are eaing right and getting the needed supplements, calcium, etc. It can be tricky to monitor this for outdoor turtles but make especially sur ethey are getting the insects and protein they need. Good luck!
Nesting quarters Prepare a 65L (20 gallon) tank with about 10 cm (4 inches) of potting soil or soil/vermiculite mixture. Laying eggs The average gestation period is two months, but if she doesn't find a suitable place for laying her eggs, she might retain them inside. During the last two weeks you will notice that she will spend more time on land, sniffing and digging around in order to find a proper place for laying her eggs. At this point, you need to place the female in the nesting quarters. At this point, you need to place the female in a tank with about 4 of potting soil or a soil/vermiculite mixture. Try to watch her as much as you can to see where she lays the eggs. She might lay from 2 to 20 eggs. There are pro's and con's to both leaving and removing the eggs. Removing the eggs or not There are pro's and con's to both leaving and removing the eggs.If the eggs are left, you eliminate the risk of damaging the eggs. Keepers who have a good basking area prefer to leave the eggs where they were laid, a good point of doing so is that they do not need to handle the eggs, digging them out could damage the eggs or some of them. However, if left buried, they are difficult to monitor. Also, if an egg is infected with a fungus, it may spread to the whole nest or the hatchlings may have a difficult time digging their way out.
