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11-17-2004, 02:24 AM
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Road side injury. (-Graphic-)
Sunday afternoon, my girlfriend calls me up telling me she had a medical emergency and soon after gets cutoff (Cell phone.) So I was rudely awakened way too early (12:30pm) and had no idea what was going on. By the sound of her voice, I was guessing she stubbed her toe or something of the sort.
Well, she eventually pulls up into the drive lugging a large rubbermaid lid with this large cooter on it. The cooter was struck on the right hind corner by a large box truck and apparently died on the spot. 5 eggs were thrown from the animal (Which were collected and are in the deli cup) and a few others were destroyed. The cooter was a large 14" female. She brought the animal seeing if we couldn't save the eggs. The can was for size comparison
A blue rugged apartment floor isn't exactly a sci-lab but I figured it couldn't hurt being the eggs would eventually suffocate if they weren't removed. I grabbed the knife and got to it.
As you can see, the eggs are still within the membrane and would eventually cause suffocation if they weren't removed. I simply cut a portion of the membrane and elegantly pushed out the eggs.
Here are a few shots of the animal, sad circumstances.. (These shots were taken after the eggs were removed.)
I eventually pulled 14 eggs that looked pretty decent from her and left the obviously discolored and dead eggs alone. The remaining look promising and are being incubated at her house being she has far more experiences with artificial chelonian incubation. If and when they hatch we will contact a friend of mine in the Fish and Game and try to process a regulated release, if not we know a few private land owners that would be more than happy to help. Currently, a few look to be banding so that's a plus.
Thanks for looking,
Zane
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11-17-2004, 02:33 AM
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Here are the egg shots.
Zane
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11-17-2004, 07:49 AM
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Best of luck with the eggs. What a shame, she was a gorgeous gal.
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11-17-2004, 08:25 AM
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Good luck with the eggs! Its a shame about the turt but at least there is a chance her genes may carry on.
What ticks me off is when I see someone deliberately swerve to hit a turtle! 
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11-17-2004, 10:44 AM
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I sure hope those eggs hatch...
How long will it take?
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Awesome job. Good luck with the eggs, and please keep us posted.
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11-17-2004, 12:13 PM
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wow, zane, that is amazing. i really don't think I would have the stomach (or courage) to perform an operation like that. you did a great thing, and I really hope things come out ok.
question: don't turtles usually completely bury their eggs? i mean, i would have no idea how to incubate turtle eggs...
...btw, your girlfriend is cool. 
good luck,
lola
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wow what a horrible thing for that poor turtle to go thru but if and when her eggs hatch she will continue to live on. i'm so glad you guys did such a wonderful thing to take care of any babies that might still have a chance. definitely keep us posted and I hope that when they hatch you post up the pics of the babies! once again good for you on what you've done. i was very upset when I saw the pics of what she looked like and i'm angry that something like that happened but I was so happy to see the pics of the eggs so hopefully they'll do fine and her babies will be alright.
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Thanks guys.
She was a good looking animal, good thing it was a quick death though, that damage would be irreversible and quite painful.
The eggs will take about 80-120 days to hatch depending on temperature, so 3-4 months we should see babies, and I'm hoping the eggs were close to being ready to be laid. Something keeps telling me it's to early/late for eggs to be around. I'm still caught up on Oklahoma weather.
Thanks, Lola.
Believe it or not, we met at the Daytona Reptile Expo this year.
Dawn had to basically pull out the membrane containing the eggs because her hands were slightly able to fit inside, mine weren't. Pretty much, she did most of the 'gruesome' work, I just did the cutting and placing. Which amazes me being she doesn't touch worms. Women..
Turtle eggs are completly buried in nature but being the eggs are in a contained area the process works just the same as being completly covered in earth. The moss provides the moisture and humdity while the rubbermaid holds the humdity and warmth. Same affects, different objects. My croc eggs just lay on top of moist paper towels in a rack.
I'll keep you guys updated.
Zane
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