When breeding flame turtles, you can try to breed them after they reach the age of one year. However, only after they mature, the female flame tortoise will have the ability to reproduce. This time is generally relatively late, the flame turtle needs 7-8 years of breeding to mature, with the ability to reproduce and lay eggs. After meeting the age requirement, they will mate at the appropriate breeding time, and then the female will lay eggs.
The most suitable time for flame turtles to mate is in May of a year, when various factors in the surrounding environment are suitable, especially the temperature. Flame tortoises usually mate in early May and lay eggs from June to September. They lay eggs more than once a year, usually about four times. The number of eggs laid each time will be between 5 and 10. After which incubation can take place.
After the flame turtle lays eggs, the next reproductive step is to incubate. If you want to make the hatching success rate of eggs higher and the hatching speed faster, you can carry out artificial hatching to provide a suitable environment. After they lay eggs, they can collect them and put them in an incubator together. Whether the environment is suitable or not has a great impact on the incubation time, and it is necessary to keep the environment suitable. The best temperature is between 25-32 degrees, and then sprinkle water about three times a day. Incubation takes a long time, even if the environment is suitable, incubation takes 60-80 days, so the process of incubation needs patience.
