Anyone have a lot of experience with three-toed box turtle eggs? One of my females dropped a single egg without digging a hole (they're outdoors in Texas, which is their native habitat) and we've been incubating it. The male has mated with all 3 of the females so I assume it's fertile, but don't know which female it was that laid it. I've always had a box turtle colony but we don't try to breed them so whatever happens happens. The egg has been incubating high 70s-low 80s in vermiculite and still looks white, plump and healthy for an incubating egg. Here's the kicker: it was laid August 2012, which is now more than 6 months ago. That's a lot longer than box turtle incubation should be! But I don't ever throw eggs away until they go bad. Can it really take this long?
