My 15 year old female box turtle layed an egg this morning and never has before. She never goes near any other turtles so she is obviously not mating.When i picked it up and put it on the table to see what it was, it cracked and yolk and yucki stuff came out of it.. im confused
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Turtles do lay unfertilized eggs on occasion. It will still have a yolk and the surrounding albumin like the unfertilized chicken eggs that people eat. Female box turtles can store sperm for a few years from an earlier mating, I've read of storing it for up to five years. So if she has only been in your possession for less then 5 years there is still is an outside chance of fertility.
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