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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #30 on: September 12, 2013, 07:30:22 AM »
They sure would Vickie, but  the will Need a hack saw to get at them!  20 years ago, long before ponding , I was given a turtle. It was carried off by a crow. :'(
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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #31 on: September 12, 2013, 11:58:24 AM »
Here's a video of the last batch of painted turtles I got in 2011.  These guys will be 2 years old in October.  Last year's drought dried up all the eggs the turtles laid.

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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #32 on: September 12, 2013, 12:11:01 PM »
Good video!
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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #33 on: September 12, 2013, 04:49:35 PM »
I have been trying to give them gentle sun. I read they need it as we do.
I have tile in their tub on a tilt so they can climb up,  They just hang out under the tile. I assume its instinctive to avoid predators. they do this indoors too. Baby number 4 is about to break his egg!
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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #34 on: September 12, 2013, 05:04:03 PM »
Cool, pictures of them emerging.  I have snapper turtles that I have seen hatch one time in the last few years and its a funny site watching them go to the creek from the sandy shore before the birds of prey get them.

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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #35 on: September 13, 2013, 05:50:49 AM »
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I have been trying to give them gentle sun. I read they need it as we do.

Indeed, they do. Without UVB, they are unable to properly metabolize vitamin D, which is necessary for strong bones and shell health.  If you plan on keeping them indoors, provide them with a UVB lamp and heat source.  Remember  that UVB bulbs are good only for 6 months to a year before they quit producing the ultraviolet rays needed. 

The need a place to crawl out of the water to completely dry the shell and bask under the lights.  You'll also find a filter system almost an absolute necessity as the little guys can get pretty stinky quickly, necessitating a daily water change without filtration.  Here's an excellent setup made just for turtles that I use for my babies. 

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4070850&gclid=CNj-t92yyLkCFfA7MgodpHsA0Q&OVKEY=turtle+tank&OVMTC=Phrase&adpos=1t1&lmdn=Habitats+%26amp%3B+Accessories&url_id=148459060&creative=18227472292&device=c&f=PAD%2FpsNotAvailInUS%2FNo

It has an external filter, making filter changes very easy, a floating dock for basking and both a UVB lamp and a heat lamp.
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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #36 on: September 13, 2013, 06:18:24 AM »
good info.
I am about to be given a similar set up! O0
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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #37 on: September 13, 2013, 04:50:40 PM »
5 are now swimming happily! One more to go, also what looks like a a badly deformed egg.  Godzilla maybe? @O@

They look fine, not eating yet, but I read it takes about five days for that.  I gave them real sunshine today.
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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #38 on: September 13, 2013, 07:04:28 PM »
It is easy to get nervous about their no eating, but they have a yolk sac that reabsorbed into the abdomen just after they hatched.  If you look at the plastron (underside), you can see the spot that closed up (equivalent to your belly button).  Did you also notice the tiny, white speck on the very front of the mouth?  That is the egg tooth that they use to cut through the egg shell.  Same kind of thing found in birds.  It will fall off within the first week.

If, after the first week, you want to stimulate them to start eating, look for small, live foods at pet shops.  Moving prey are hard for the little guys to resist.  I get mine by using a fine net in a local marsh and pull out insect larvae, gammarus and aquatic worms.  Pet shops may carry Enchytra worms, tubifex worms, or brine shrimp.  Very small earthworms work well, too.  Once they start eating, there's no stopping them and will beg for food incessantly.  Be careful in feeding turtles, especially young ones.  If they are overfed, they can develop deformed shells, including what is called pyramiding.  Feeding once a day is sufficient and some recommend a day of fasting each week.  Between feedings with high protein foods, just place a leaf of dark-green Romaine lettuce in the tank.  They will enjoy it and you'll not overfeed them.
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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #39 on: September 13, 2013, 08:46:18 PM »
I will, I will.
Yes the yolk ack is clearly seen. Brine shrimp is very available.

One my neighbor found 2 years ago ( likely one of mine) has the domed carapace. She it  raised in a tank with fish.  She had a heat lamp and tiny platform for him.
He is pretty big now and happy in my pond.  Easily recognized because of his domed carapace.

When I was a little boy I "won" a school contest with my "trained " red ears. I will post that photo.
It was pretty funny the trick I had my turtle do was.   Get. This...TURN OVER!   @O@
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Re: here are my turtle eggs and baby turtles emerging!!!!!!
« Reply #40 on: September 14, 2013, 11:22:37 AM »

 Jerry, The best thing ever to feed them is canned salmon bones ! And the meat of course. Give them all of the bones that they will eat and the white fatty belly skin area of the salmon. The pink meat is fine but not fat enough for them to grow fast and be healthy like the belly skin and meat. They will LOVE it and along with something green to eat that is all they need. You might not want to train them to eat waterlily leaves but that is what I have fed mine. Bones are super important.

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Re: five baby red ears swimming happily
« Reply #41 on: September 15, 2013, 02:50:40 PM »
Thanks Mike and Don.  Here are the five happy in a tank.
2 eggs left, but one is clearly malformed, the other is doubtful. We well wait and see.

Not very glamourus pix, but there they are.
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Re: five baby red ears swimming happily
« Reply #42 on: September 15, 2013, 06:08:21 PM »
Pretty neat, aren't they?
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Re: five baby red ears swimming happily
« Reply #43 on: September 16, 2013, 07:31:58 AM »
Yes Don they sure are!

The one  egg I gave up on hatched this morning.  It took this guy. Week longer.
The deformed egg is all that's left.  I will give it another week. I will be out of state for a week so have little choice?

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« Reply #44 on: September 16, 2013, 10:58:32 AM »
Your babies are so cute!!!  What a good pappy!!!  I remember when my mother brought me 8 baby red ears!!!  :o

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Re: five baby red ears swimming happily. Make it six!
« Reply #45 on: September 18, 2013, 05:17:40 PM »
All six are now swimming happily . The last egg, the deformed one has imploded.

As Don said it is very frustrating that they don't eat.  I think a bit of salmon is gone.
They will all go to a neighbors big aquarium soon, as I  am heading to Idaho.

 Great deals on potatoes!!   @O@
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Re: five baby red ears swimming happily. Make it six!
« Reply #46 on: September 19, 2013, 03:33:02 PM »
Don't eat too many!!...potatoes, that is  :D :D :P

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« Reply #47 on: September 21, 2013, 06:59:19 AM »
the older ones ARE eating!  Whewwwww.
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Re: five baby red ears swimming happily. Make it six!
« Reply #48 on: September 22, 2013, 11:51:46 AM »
I'm glad that they are eating finally  :) I know it eases your mind. They will grow a lot while you are in Idaho  :) ^B
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Re: five baby red ears swimming happily. Make it six!
« Reply #49 on: September 22, 2013, 06:25:17 PM »
They are now at the neighbors.  Sherrie will do fine.  I promised her one when they move to MO
Her request. Hey, maybe. 2
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