Someone told me that i find soil on my turtle mouth because they use their mouths to test the temperature and moisture of the soil before deciding where to lay their eggs. But anyway, i stucked my thermometer under the soil and its 79F which is too cold. Any good ideas on how to raise the temperature?
Is it wet soil? You can try putting a heat lamp above the soil 10-30 minutes before you her in. The soil should be warm by then. Also try mixing around the soil so it'll distribute the heat around.
1 Mississippi Map Turtle 3.25'' (Landslide) 1 Ouachita Map Turtle 4.0'' (Hurricane) The rest of the turtles have been adopted to good homes. :)
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:09 am 
