Yellow bellie Sliders!

[g11king]

Hi guys,

So I came home from work today to find what I think is an egg in my terrapin tank.

I have just brought them in from outside for the winter meaining a water change of 8 degrees to about 20 degrees over a week.

The "egg" is a see through membrane with a dark patch, about 2 cm in size but not white and laid in the water.

Also alarmingley there is only 1?! Unless the rest were eaten?

They are both only around 21/2 - 3years which I did not think was old enough but male is around 8" and female 10".

Is there anything I should do with it? It was stuck to the intake of the external filter and I then moved it to the other end of the tank.

Thanks for any help guys!

 

[tscharf]

what kind of terrapins? most turtles, even aquatic, that i know of lay eggs on land. Is there any land in the tank? could they have possibly burried the rest and this eggjust be one that got left out

 

[tscharf]

we did an experiment in biology one time where we left an egg in a water solution and in a vinegar solution, both eggs swelled up and the membran became soft and see through, could be what happened to your egg.