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Our pet Red Ear Sliders often will start a nest hole & abandon it if rocks or roots make digging difficult.
Digging is done by the hind legs & our smaller turtle (6" long shell) will dig a hole 2 or 3" in diameter & 6" deep.
Our turtles will keep searching for new spots to dig for several days & we find ourselves following them for a few hours at a time. When they have a good hole, they lay 4-13 eggs, tamp them down, cover with earth & pack it carefully. They often repeat the act a week later. They choose different spots each time & vary between gravel, sand, lawn, garden, forest floor. They refuse to accept a nest box in the house.
Snapping turtles seem to prefer nest holes in gravel on the shoulder of roads. Sea turtles dig in sand beaches.
What else can I help you with?
Do male turtles lay eggs?
No, only female turtles have the reproductive anatomy to lay eggs. Male turtles do not lay eggs; instead, they fertilize the eggs that are laid by the females.
How do box turtles reproduce?
A male and a female will mate to produce young.
Can boy turtles lay eggs?
No, male turtles can lay eggs.
Does a male parakeet sit on the eggs?
Male parakeets cannot lay eggs--only females can.
What age do females start fertilizing eggs?
Females don't fertilize eggs it is the male that fertilizes the eggs
How do turtles get pregnant and reproduce?
Female turtles lay eggs after mating with male turtles. The male turtle fertilizes the eggs inside the female's body before she lays them in a nest on land. The eggs hatch after a certain period of time, and baby turtles emerge from the eggs ready to start their lives.
Can male snapping turtles lay eggs?
no the only male animal that can lay eggs are sea horses
Which eggs hatch into male and which into female?
females
Can male slider turtles lay eggs?
yes
Do only female sea turtles lay eggs?
no male sea turtles can also lay eggs when they are mid-aged.
Why do male turtles lay eggs?
when the seahorses are mating the female seahorse puts about 1500 eggs into the male seahorses pouch. The male seahorse carries the eggs for 4 to 45 days and then releases the seahorses into the water and leaves them.
Why don't male turtles lay eggs?
Males of any species do not lay eggs.
