What's the incubation time for baby snappers? The nest is very vunerable to predators, so I have little hope that they would make it, & I don't believe in interfering with nature's plan, but...on the slim chance, when should we look for some hatchlings?

And I'm very confused by the last few postings, but I'm not gonna ask for an explaination, knowing this crew...

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Incubation period is usually between two and four months. Thing is that the higher, steady temperatures don't usually result in shorter incubation times.

Snapping turtles are among those which exhibit TDSD: temperature-dependent sex determination. Incubation temperatures <20 C or >30 C tend to produce females, while temps in the 22-28 range end to produce more males, with the narrow bands of 21-22 C and 29-30 C producing a fairly evenly distributed mix.

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awwww.... hope to see baby snapper pics soon.

I didn't know that. Mother nature is amazing.

Well, cross your fingers, everybody...I'm not taking any extraordinary measures to protect the nest, but I will watch it for signs of pilferage and avoid running the lawnmower over it...thanks to winston for the very informative webpage, from what I could glean from it we shouldn't get our hopes too high...snappers take the approach of live long & reproduce a lot with the understanding that most of the eggs will not survive to hatch, & most that do hatch will be eaten before they mature...all nature demands is to produce one more like yourself by the time you die...db is right, nature is simply amazing...


I'll keep everyone posted here.

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