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[Alex Hellams]

I have a terripin hatchling approx. 13 of them and after 2 months one still has its egg sack connected and doesn’t seem to be eating. i didn’t know that i was not supposed to put them in water till their egg sack dried out. is that the case? What can i do to help this turtle? I am trying to start a head start program with these hatchlings and would like any information you have about these little turtles. Thank you! Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping – with improved product search

[Stephen Chew]

In the wild, hatchlings stay in their nests until the egg sacs are fully absorbed. Otherwise, the sacs can prove to be very tempting targets indeed. I have never heard of an egg sac not absorbing for that long of a period though. I would try to raise the temperature for this hatchling to 84F and see if that helps any. Chun Tail Moderator — In diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com, Alex Hellams

[Jason Williamson]

My first year incubating terrapin eggs I had incubated a little too hot and all the eggs hatched about 2 weeks before they should have. They almost all had large yolk sacs. I just put them in small plastic containers with a thick layer of dampened paper towels. I left them in the incubator until the yolks absorbed. It took ahwile for some of them (over 2 weeks) but they eventually all absorbed the yolk sacs. Some of the yolks were initially so huge that I had to make little wet paper towel “nests” in order to keep the terrapins in an upright position. I would take that terrapin out of the water and keep it on clean damp paper towels in a warm place such as an incubator until the yolk is absorbed. Change the paper towels every day or two so that fungus or mold doesn’t start growing. Maybe 4 layers of damp paper towels on the bottom and then cover the terrapin with one sheet of damp paper towel. If the yolk is so big that the terrapin topples over to his side, I would make a little nest around him to hold him upright. I would suggest to just make sure the terrapin doesnt dry out and stays warm. I like to just place the dry paper towels in the bottom of the plastic container and then pour an excessive amount of water in and then just dump all the remaining water out that isn’t being retained by the paper towels. ,JasonStephen Chew

[SCOTT TKACS]

I USE SARAN WRAP IN THIS SITUATION. I CHANGE IT EVERY DAY TO KEEP IT STERILE,ALSO I KEEP THEM DRY.THIS WORKS GOOD FOR ME NOTHING STICKS TO THE WRAP AND THE TURTLES SEEM TO DO WELL. SCOTTJason Williamson

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