stolenheron
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Well I rescued some pseudemys eggs from a nest laid in my yard that was being raided in my yard by a raccoon back in december. Anyway, the eggs have been sitting patiently waiting to hatch, sadly my incubator went haywire and the egg temps fluctuated greatly in the early days of development, i didn't think any would hatch, but i just left them in case they did make it.
well on 03/21/12, 85 days after being laid, one broke through. took him 2 days to get out of the shell and when he did things didnt look right. none of the other eggs have hatched yet. he is very active, i have him on damp paper towels right now until the yolk is fully absorbed.
any help would be appreciated. I've only hatched basilisks, chameleons, rat snakes, and a few other lizard/snake species. never any turtles.
I really really want this guy to make it. he is quite bright eyed and very happy to run around even though its an odd gait.
where the plastron fuses with the carapace seems to be off, the inframarginal scutes are almost being folded under the marginal scutes.
odds of survival?
here are the pics.
well on 03/21/12, 85 days after being laid, one broke through. took him 2 days to get out of the shell and when he did things didnt look right. none of the other eggs have hatched yet. he is very active, i have him on damp paper towels right now until the yolk is fully absorbed.
any help would be appreciated. I've only hatched basilisks, chameleons, rat snakes, and a few other lizard/snake species. never any turtles.
I really really want this guy to make it. he is quite bright eyed and very happy to run around even though its an odd gait.
where the plastron fuses with the carapace seems to be off, the inframarginal scutes are almost being folded under the marginal scutes.
odds of survival?
here are the pics.
