Urgent Care :: my turtle laid one egg

[faisalmalak94]

hello,

i woke up this morning and i found an egg on the basking area. I have a 4 yearold female, 2 yearold female, 4 year old male, 2 year old male . ive the big female for 4 years and the rest from 2 years. the water temprature is around 25-30 Celsius and i use a thermometer. i dont use a water heater cuz i live in a very hot place and there is about 50 gallons of water in the tank. i dont use a water conditioner(should i ?) and he filter broke down a week ago and im planing to get a new one soon. the basking temp is around 30-35 Celcius the there is a heat light and the glass platform is easy to climb on and there is a UVB light. all the turtles eat fine and they are all healthy and active. the turtle was trying to escape 3 days ago and was swimming up and down the whole day so thats a symptom of being pregnant i guess. I found only 1 egg till now but i dont know if its fertile so i dont know what to do with it. also, its a little squished from the upper part but not broken is that bad?? i dont know what to do with the egg and im worried about the rest of the eggs cuz i know that if she doesnt lay more she's gna die. SO WHAT DO I DOO WITH HER AND THE EGG PLEASE HELP !!

Thank you

[steve]

Eggs are slightly pliable but just throw it out. You're going to continually have egg-laying issues with your setup, so I would keep an eye out for more.

[faisalmalak94]

do you think that i might get fertile eggs anytime soon ?? because im planning to get an incubator if my turtle lays more eggs

Thank you so much for your help

[steve]

Breeding RES is not recommended (invasive and overcrowded in rescues). Younger females also don't produce very good eggs, so you probably don't want to hang on to those.