i found stinkpot eggs this morning but were in the water there are three of them i dont have a incubator so i put them in a tuppaware dish with cottton surronding it top and bottom with a light on it how can i make a better incubator? 
stinkpot eggs!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey congrats! But the bad news is that they probably are no good. I had the same thing happen to me a few months ago and I incubated the eggs anyway but they never hatched because the embryos inside drowned. You can try to incubate them in your tuperware container. Just line the bottom in damp vermiculite or pearlite. make sure you don't turn the eggs! They need to be placed in the substrate the same way you found them.
Just one more note. That tub you're keeping those stinkpots in is very very small. And stinkpots very rarely bask unless they're cold. How are you heating the water?
Just one more note. That tub you're keeping those stinkpots in is very very small. And stinkpots very rarely bask unless they're cold. How are you heating the water?
yea i have a 31 gallon its about that floor space plus 1/4 of that space they might have been turned but ill just try it and were do you get vermiculite or pearlite?
and no its not heated its like 78 degrees about but there is a softshell in there which does not bask at all so what should i set up the 31 gallon tub like.
and no its not heated its like 78 degrees about but there is a softshell in there which does not bask at all so what should i set up the 31 gallon tub like.
You can pick up pearlite or vermiculite at any place that sells garden supplies for a few bucks.
Stinkpots should really have at least 20 gallons of tank per turtle. I keep a pair of stinkpots in a 40 gallon rubbermaid tub and I still think it's too small for them. They're actually pretty active turtles if you give them enough space. As soon as I set up my 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank they will be going into that. You can go to Lowe's or Walmart and pick up a large 50 gallon tub for like $9 bucks.
I definitely wouldn't keep a softshell with those stinkpots because you run the risk of the stinkpots scratching up your softshells shell which can lead to infections and fungus.
Stinkpots should really have at least 20 gallons of tank per turtle. I keep a pair of stinkpots in a 40 gallon rubbermaid tub and I still think it's too small for them. They're actually pretty active turtles if you give them enough space. As soon as I set up my 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank they will be going into that. You can go to Lowe's or Walmart and pick up a large 50 gallon tub for like $9 bucks.
I definitely wouldn't keep a softshell with those stinkpots because you run the risk of the stinkpots scratching up your softshells shell which can lead to infections and fungus.
I back everything Vicious said
But I must again reforse the idea how important it is that you inprove the space and the living condicions of your turtles. Your softy needs a big enclosure of its own and the same goes for the smallest of your sinkpots, with that size he is in danger of being bitten and outcompeted by your larger turtles.That being said you need a space at least 3 times the size of the one you got for the bigger stink pots
But I must again reforse the idea how important it is that you inprove the space and the living condicions of your turtles. Your softy needs a big enclosure of its own and the same goes for the smallest of your sinkpots, with that size he is in danger of being bitten and outcompeted by your larger turtles.That being said you need a space at least 3 times the size of the one you got for the bigger stink potsok the softy is the size of the medium stinkpot which has three legs only the softy will stay in there and the small stinkpot go in a 29 and the two bigger ones in a 50 gallon tub sound ok