Driving home i spotted a turtle on the side of the road. Afraid she would wander into the road i got out of my car. Doing a close examination and relizing she was hit and dead, i found that she must have just laid her eggs. So i took the eggs(afraid they would get hit too) and put them in a basket and brought them home. I now have them in a basket and convered with a washcloth in my sunroom where its nice and humid. What do i do while i wait for the rescue center to get back to me? (they are indeed snapping turtle eggs)
It is unlikely they will survive if they weren't ready to be laid yet or were left out in the sun for too long. There is a chance, but it's slim. Put them in some moist vermiculite or perlite, available at any garden center. Keep them around 80 degrees, give or take. Snapping turtle eggs can take a little longer to hatch than other turtle eggs, up to 90 days. If they start to become sunken like a tire losing air, add water to the substrate to increase the humidity. If they turn moldy, then they are bad. Disregard the previous answer. They can be flipped over for the first couple of days after being laid.The female just drops them into a hole as she lays them and doesn't worry about keeping them right side up. After the first couple of days, then yes, flipping them over can kill them, but this isn't an issue yet. So although Brittany wants to be a smart a$$ and ask you if you know anything about turtle eggs, it is her that needs to learn a little more, especially considering she didn't say anything helpful at all about caring for the eggs. EDIT: Blah, blah, blah Brittany. You say you don't want to give unnecessary information, but that's all you're doing instead of giving helpful information. Obviously the eggs haven't been on the road for long or they would have dried up? Have you even ever cared for reptile eggs? Probably not or you would have had something useful to contribute rather than relying on poor care sheets for your information.
Do you know anything about transporting turtle eggs? They are very delicate and unless you kept them at the exact angle they were layed, held them up and didn't hit any bumps on the way home they are most likely no good When a turtle embryo in an egg begins to develop it attaches to the top of the egg shell. If the turtle egg is turned, the embryo will most often die. Therefore, the tops of all turtle eggs should be marked with a felt tipped marker before they are moved. If the eggs are moved and turned without being marked first, there will be no way to tell the top of the eggs. In such cases we recommend leaving them in the positions they are in and hoping for the best A word of caution! Turtle eggs will spoil at temperatures much above 95 degrees F edit--In no way was my answer meant to be smart lolI was asking this because I didn't want to insult anyones intelligence by giving information already known by the asker. I know when i ask a question and people give me a bunch of extra information that i did not ask for and i already know it is a little annoyingsorry if you misunderstood meThe asker did not say how long the eggs were on the side of the road or how long she/he has had them I started to type it out but I have a broke finger and instead i found what i thought would be a good website with alot of information on caring for turtle eggs and provided the link. :)
