Flaviemys purvisi
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Hi all, well just under 5 weeks from laying her 1st clutch for the 2020 season, my girl laid her 2nd of 3 clutches. I've had her in the pit for an hour every afternoon for the last 5 days straight and she wouldn't commit to lay, I put her out at 4:15pm this arv and by 4:54 she was digging the nest. Another 10 eggs. Last year her 1st clutch numbered 10, the 2nd was 8 and the 3rd was 6... This year she's gone 10 and 10. She's due to lay again now on Christmas day so see how she goes for clutch #3. ???
An update on the 14 purvisi eggs that were laid on October 18th.. they're on the home stretch now, they have the shortest incubation period of all Aussie freshwater turtle species, just 50 days... most shorties are 60-65 days. They are due to start hatching on Monday December 7th. I currently have 13 of the 14 left in the incubator... at day 30 one had partially collapsed... upon closer observation, (shining a super bright LED torch upon the egg), it did not appear to be developing... I cracked it open to reveal the mankiest rotten goopy yellow egg yolk.. so the egg was never fertile to begin with, it'd never began developing at all so I can't be disappointed with that. Today is day 40 of 50 for the remaining 13... starting to get excited now!
An update on the 14 purvisi eggs that were laid on October 18th.. they're on the home stretch now, they have the shortest incubation period of all Aussie freshwater turtle species, just 50 days... most shorties are 60-65 days. They are due to start hatching on Monday December 7th. I currently have 13 of the 14 left in the incubator... at day 30 one had partially collapsed... upon closer observation, (shining a super bright LED torch upon the egg), it did not appear to be developing... I cracked it open to reveal the mankiest rotten goopy yellow egg yolk.. so the egg was never fertile to begin with, it'd never began developing at all so I can't be disappointed with that. Today is day 40 of 50 for the remaining 13... starting to get excited now!
