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Some of you may remember my post on January 29 about my female box turtle laying 5 eggs, only 2 were fertile.

Here it is 66 days later and I found one of the eggs hatching this morning. I'm a bit worried about the second egg. As you can see it has developed a dent and when I put a pen light next to it I can see a baby turtle smaller than the one that has hatched. Maybe she just has to "cook" a little longer in the incubator before she's done.

Let's focus on the one hatching for now and the pictures below. Let's hear some aww ....isn't it cute from you all out there! I'll post some more pictures when she's fully out of the egg. Right now she just resting in it. Hatching is hard work don't you know!

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Patrick

Aaaaaawwwww! That's soooo cute!! Congratulations! Can't wait to see them "out".
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Robins Critters
1.0 Corn snake Jack Skellington
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
1.0 South American Boa Elvis
0.1 Western Hognose Addy the Adder
1.0 Tricolor Hognose Yoshi
1.3 Leopard Geckos Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
0.1.1 Crested Geckos Peek & Boo
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo
0.0.2 Eastern Box Turtles Squirtle & Yurtle
0.1 Pacman Frog Buffy the Cricket Slayer
0.0.1 Sulawesi Red Toad Mr. Toad
0.2 Tiger Salamanders Tiger & Sally
1.1.3 Firebelly Newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Olivia Newton John & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena

Congratulations. I can't believe how fast 66 days passed, it seems like I read that last post just a couple of weeks ago. It's amazing to me that you already hatched your '06 clutch when my turtles aren't even fully awake yet. I probably won't see the first hatchling until late August at the earliest. Again, it's great to see captive propagation in action!

Congratulations!! Great photos! Good luck with the newborn baby.
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PHRatz

LET THE TURTLE COM OUT ON ITS OWN REMOVE ANYTHING IN ITS WAY IF IT DOES STRUGGLE GIVE SOME HLP OUT OF THE EGG THE OTHER EGG LEAVE IT BE IF IT HATCHES OK IF NOT YOU STILL HAVE ONE TURTLE
SUCCESS WITH ONE IS GOOD TOO GOOD LUCK...SNAKE4420