Not very deep the first one she lays is about 3-5'' deep.
Painted turtles usually have horizontal stripes running down their neck. Snapping turtles are drab in color. The maximum size of a Painted turtle is 10 inches. The maximum size for a snapper is between 20 and 30 inches. Snapping turtles cannot withdraw their heads, whereas Painted turtles can close up almost completely.
Turtle frogs do not lay eggs in trees. The turtle frog lays its eggs in a deep burrow after mating.
The Gestation for a painted turtle is 20-340 days. In some rare cases the eggs may not hatch until the next spring. The turtles may also spend the winter in their nest. The average is 70-80 days from when they were laid.
the male painted turtle wiggles it's nails in front of the female turtles
What kind of turtle is it? Turtles like painted turtles and slider turtles should be fine. But turtles like musk, mud, or soft shell turtles would have trouble reaching the surface to breath. Do some research on your turtle and find out what their habitat should be. Deep or shallow.
If you took the egg out of the water before the 2 hours after it was layed then it is possible for it to live.
Just leave them alone they will breed when they want to. Well during their hibernation they will mate and might lay eggs. But you cant make them breed they do it themselves.They can miss out of laying their eggs but they will in autumn
Yes, raccoons will eat turtles, especially young turtles. They also eat turtle eggs. They cause a lot of damage to turtle nests of endangered sea turtles.
Turtle eggs (and tortoise eggs) can be either hard or soft-shelled, depending on the species.
It depends on the size of the bird and turtle.
That would depend on the species of turtle. Sea turtle eggs are approximately that size.
The female turtle will lay the eggs and the male comes along and fertilizes them. The female turtle will lay eggs even if there is no male turtle around.