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Turtle help needed (any herpatologists?)

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Remember my thread on the stupidity of superstition? Anyway, we got back the turtle from the breeder, and the turtle's been with us for more than a week. We bought the turtle back for twice the price we sold it, and it's already mated. So I really need to know two things:


1.) How long is the gestation period of a red-eared slider? That's the turtle species. How long do I have until my turtle needs to lay eggs?

2.) How can I make it lay its eggs? Do I get a big plastic enclosure, put some sand in it, leave my turtle there overnight?

My turtle's a red-eared slider, one of those really popular pet turtles. From the front of its shell to the rear, its seven inches long. I've been reading some material, and I believe its already sexually mature. So please, I need to know the answer to the previous two questions. Because if my turtle is pregnant and if it can't lay its eggs, it will die. And I really don't want that.

And yeah, I blame my dad. He wanted the turtle back because it was good luck and shit, but I'm sure he won't gives a rats ass if the turtle dies because of him.
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I suggest posting this a Librium Arcana where Comrade Tortoise can give you his advice.
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Are you being serious, or just joking? :?
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Shroom Man 777 wrote:Are you being serious, or just joking? :?
I'm quite serious. He does have a interest in reptiles and I believe fgalkin found his advice quite useful when he had turtle questions.
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Imperial Overlord wrote:
Shroom Man 777 wrote:Are you being serious, or just joking? :?
I'm quite serious. He does have a interest in reptiles and I believe fgalkin found his advice quite useful when he had turtle questions.
Isn't Tortoise (Alyrium) studying reptiles as his major?
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I really need help. My dad probably won't even agree to temporarily give it to the breeder so it can lay its eggs. He thinks its 'wiser' to build a small enclosure outside where it can lay its eggs. When will this enclosure be built? I have no idea. How much time my turtle has? I don't know.

I really need help :(
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