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[kisha]

Hello,

Im new to this forum...but I'm so glad someone put this together. I have two slider turtles that Ive had for about 3 years now...I had them since they were baby turtles...Never had I seen an egg between them...well about 2 months ago, my friend found a turtle by the lake and brought it to me...it looked different but at the time I thought it looks more like a water turtle although the shell was quite different from the other turtles...well I learned shortly there after that it was a mud turtle... Ive had it in the same tank with my other turtles and there has been no problems .....I have a swim area and dry land for basking. Well a few days ago I noticed something new when I went to feed them...what looked at first site like a Mentos...I realized then that it was an egg!!!! Is it possible for one of my sliders to fertilze a mud turtles eggs or the reverse???? They are very protective of it. I cant get anywhere near it ...actually my sliders are not aggressive towards me...the other one is....however, they all kind of gather around it instinctively...is there anything I need to do to help this egg hatch??? Any help is much appreciated...

Thanks guys!

Kish~

[STRAYKINGFISHER]

If the egg is under water it is probably not good anymore, they need oxygen to survive, if it is on land then it needs to be incubated, here is a link to what to do if you found an egg:
http://www.turtlecare.net/eggs.html