Graphic Warning-Mexican Giant Snappers

[reptech]

thats great good luck on the eggs
vf thats a nice setup

 

[Nic]

that is awesome miguel.......

 

[Miguel]

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw Miguel You defenetly have babys on the making They are atached no doubt about that. Please dont waist this amazing chance to be a father to some baby salvinis IF you have ANY doubt or question regarding care of the pregnant female ,egg laying or incubation please ask now wille we still have some time for planing. For now let them stay thogether for a few more days just to ensure the eggs will be fertile. After that remuve the male, its presence with the pregnent female its higly unwanted. Its absolutley vital that arange some out of water egg laying area similar to what Vicious posted. I recomend that for the nest you mix sand and peat or plant based dirt in equal parts. The egg laying area needs to be at least 7 times the legth of the female and as deep as her legth. You need to build a incubator fast, we dont know how long the pregnacy will take but I assume it will be less than 2 moths. A thing that is bugging me now is that the incubation of salvini and triporcuatus eggs is a bit tricky, with pre-extipulated times at certain temps and humiditys withoutwich the eggs wont hach. I will serch that info for you and post it here as soon as I find it

Lets do it Coura!

Problem is I have no space left......I can put the male elsewhere, but when?

 

[coura]

Lets do it Coura!
I will back you up
Problem is I have no space left......I can put the male elsewhere, but when?

Well the problemo is male turts can be very sexualy agressive and they sometimes are able to subdue females into mating when they are not ready to (however this doesant applys to what you have seen so far, that female was defenetly receptive) and that includes gravid females If a male turt somehow is able to acomplish this with a female in advanced state of pregnency, very serial medical trobleship can hapen. Dont however think all male turts are psico mosters In sliders cooters,maps,etc its possible to have the male present all times. Its in the most agressive species like softshells, snappers, big heads,etc this can happen. In the wild a female turt would have tons of hidding places to escape the male but that doesant happen in captivity. I think its a safe bet that you should defently separete them in a week from now. As for the female make shure you give her loots of calcium and vitamin rich foods. Reptomin is a classic. Reptivite from zoomed is very easy to mix in meat and its a great suplement

 

[Vicious_Fish]

That is one amazing setup Vicious, Im looking to do a thing like that myself for my asian species but having a hard time finding something that suiths my needs, suplys are hard to come by here

Thanks man! It's still a work in progress. I want to get a few more flat rocks and make something like a stairway up to the egg laying area.

 

[coura]

Thanks man! It's still a work in progress. I want to get a few more flat rocks and make something like a stairway up to the egg laying area.

You could also get some duck weed, water letuce and water haycins Your turts would love a bit of salad every now and then(without however destroying it like sliders would), loots of hidding places, a new natural look and biological filtracion

 

[Miguel]

You could also get some duck weed, water letuce and water haycins Your turts would love a bit of salad every now and then(without however destroying it like sliders would), loots of hidding places, a new natural look and biological filtracion

That is how I keep my Snappers...but they end up eating everything!!!

 

[ceeej31]

bow chika wow wow.

damn you beat me to it

 

[coura]

That is how I keep my Snappers...but they end up eating everything!!!

Ho said snappers are only carnivorus, they will eat veggis if they have the chance

 

[Mampam]

YALL REALLY SHOULDN'T BE LOOKIN' AT PORNO......... = P