Hybrid Turtle Breeding (Pond) Project IDEA

[Zfishies]

Ive always loved hybrid animals, and thought repltile hybrids (some mammals to) were the coolest! So tell me if this will workouti live in warm climate all year round if you are wondering anyway here it is:

I was thinking of having diff types of turtles. All diff types of males like 1 Map 1 cooter 1 musk, and then 4 female RES turtles. how should i offer them land for them where to lay their eggs? and how do i get their eggs out and incubate them?

Pond is 300gal (i HAVE room to expand if needed), i will upgrade in filter for sure right now i only have one pond plant and pond filter. thinking about adding a UV Sterilizer and couple more pond plants. there is no fish in this pond and will never be. Thanks for reading and hope you can help!

 

[Zfishies]

C'mon can't go into this blinded

 

[Joe M]

As far as i know with the ones you listed, the only POSSIBLE hybrid would be a cooterXres. Probably pretty ugly ones at that.

Everybody has their ways of breeding turtles, but they do most of the work on their own if they have proper temps, land areas, lighting, and food.

The only thing to consider is each of those female RES will be upwards of a foot SCL. Theyre big, and sometimes mean. I dont know if that musk will fare too well if the females get territorial. Good Luck though. A quick google search will probably yeild some very helpful info too for this type of thing.

 

[Zfishies]

So maybe just map x res, cooter x res I know those are fosho ones to breed. Other then natural ways what's the other way?

 

[Joe M]

So maybe just map x res, cooter x res I know those are fosho ones to breed. Other then natural ways what's the other way?

Well.... um.... I think that's the only way. Its not like you can force them or anything. Or can you.....

I didnt know you could do maps and res like that. Just googled it. They're pretty cool looking.

 

[Zfishies]

Any way to obtain the sperm of the map or cooter and um trying to use the right words
... "Inject" it In the female?

 

[HPIZZLE]

Any way to obtain the sperm of the map or cooter and um trying to use the right words
... "Inject" it In the female?

technically yeah, but good luck with that one.

 

[snakeguy101]

leave it to the turtles, they will breed on their own. no need to try and get one of the males off in a turkey baster or anything...

 

[Zfishies]

Okay so what are the ideal conditions then? Where would they lay their eggs in my backyard? 90% is grass. I want to incubate them

 

[coura]

Okay so what are the ideal conditions then? Where would they lay their eggs in my backyard? 90% is grass. I want to incubate them

No need to mess with incubators with these turtles, some of the most prolific lays I had were left to their own outside with a mesh over them. Grabing them safely and then put them out of their nest aint easy either.
You need to clear most of the grass and leave it bare soil with some native plants here and there. You need a fence as well. Do you have racoons in your area? If yes then it would be great if you could put a large net over the entire pond.