Soft-shelled turtle reproduction needs to meet certain conditions, such as their age to reach sexual maturity, and then for example, the surrounding water temperature conditions are suitable, and so on. After the mating process is complete, the female turtle lays eggs. After laying eggs, they need to go through the process of incubation. Natural hatching is the act of spontaneous hatching by turtles, and wild turtles generally use this way to hatch. However, sometimes turtles lay eggs when the temperature is not suitable. Therefore, the probability of successful hatching of these turtle eggs in this environment is not particularly high. Even if turtles lay eggs at the right temperature, the eggs may not hatch successfully because some factors in the surrounding environment are not suitable.
If soft-shelled turtles are kept in captivity and they begin to breed during the breeding season, natural hatching can also be used. Of course, the success rate of natural incubation is relatively not too high. Therefore, if the artificial breeding of soft-shelled turtle to breed, it is recommended to use artificial incubation.
As mentioned above, soft-shelled turtle eggs can be hatched naturally, but the probability of successful hatching is not particularly high, so it is recommended that artificial hatching be used. Artificial incubation refers to the use of artificial regulation of the environment to provide a suitable environment for these eggs, so as to hatch a small turtle. There are many factors that can be regulated by artificial incubation, and the surrounding temperature and humidity can be regulated. But the time of incubation is not certain. The main factor is temperature, and the incubation time will be shorter when the temperature is relatively high. In addition, the incubation time of different varieties of soft-shelled turtles is also different, and some soft-shelled turtle eggs themselves incubate for a longer time.
