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I rolled over a large log in my horse pen in prep for cutting it up. Wanted to be sure nothing was inside it. Found two clutches of 5 lined skink eggs. Well, I had to hatch them didn't I? The first clutch has hatched and now the second is hatching. I've been releasing them all over the place, LOL! I think there were 17 eggs total.

Next is the gulf coast box turtle laying eggs in my driveway, right where I park. Lucky I saw her as I drove up. Well, I had to bring those inside, too, didn't I? There are four beautiful eggs.

The skink and boxie forums are pretty dead and thought ya'll might enjoy.

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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

How Awesome! Don't know how you managed to see that Turtle but good thing you did The little lizards are so cute.

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Slytherin Serpents

Have you been hugged by your snake today?

Ball Pythons
1.1 Normals het Caramel (Edward & Bella)
0.1 Normal 66% ph Caramel (Rosalie)
0.1 Caramel (Bellatrix)
1.0 Honey Bee (Aragog)
0.1 Hypo Pastel (Nagini)
0.1 Spider 66% ph Hypo(Nymphadora)
1.1 Mojaves (Lucius & Renesme)
1.1 Pastel Lessers (Jacob & Narcissa)
0.1 Pinstripe (Arwen)
1.0 Pewter (Salazar)
0.1 Bumble Bee (Alice)
0.1 Lemonblast (Luna)
1.0 Bell Pastel (Jasper)
0.1 African Dinker (Esme)
0.1 Normal (Madame Olympe Maxime)
0.1 Het Pied
1.1 Pastel "Dinker" Babies (Snape & Xiomara)

Corns
1.1 Normals het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo (Romeo & Juliet)
1.0 Blizzard het Diffused (Tumnus)
1.0 Blizzard poss het Anery, Hypo, Diffused (Cotton)
0.1 Anery Lavender het Amel (Lucy)
0.1 Plasma poss het Hypo (Victoria)
1.0 Plasma poss het Albino
1.0 Hypo Plasma
0.1 Opal (Jewel)
0.1 Amel Motley (Ginny)
0.1 Diffused poss het Anery
0.1 Lavender Motley poss het diffused
1.0 Lavender Pinstripe Motley het Amel
1.0 Charcoal Ghost poss het Anery, Albino, Diffused
0.1 Fire poss het Anery, Charcoal, Hypo (LeeLoo)
0.1 Normal het Albino, Lavender, Anery, Charcoal, poss het Diffused
1.0 Albino het Lavender, Anery, Charcoal, poss het Diffused
1.1 Sunkissed poss het Plasma (Arthur & Molly)

Thayeri Kings
0.1 Leonis (Sidney)
1.0 MSP

LOL!!, very cool Amy!..

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

I love those skinks. Beautiful electric blue tails! Those eggs look pretty good sized. Congrats on your success. That will be cool seeing the baby box turtles. They are so rarely seen as hatchlings in the wild.

--Dennis

Thanks. I released the rest of the little skinks this morning. The eggs swell as incubation progresses.

Yeah, can't wait for the little turtles. I usually find one or two here each spring. I may be tempted to keep one of them.
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

Nice. "Back in the day" I bred southeastern five-lined skinks. Still haven't been able to produce Gulf Coasts though.

Tim

My son wanted to keep some of the little skinks - no way! They are better off in my yard eating roaches!

Boxies are all over the place here in N. Fla. I've seen one around with no pattern and a white head. Doesn't that mean its really old?

I may keep one of these babies. They are very personable turtles.
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

Babies can sometimes be a pain to get feeding. If you have any trouble, try strawberries, worms and crickets with their legs pulled off. Good luck! Oh and skinks are the best for scenting pinks if you get any stubborn snakes!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

Thanks for the info bout feeding the baby turtles. Too late on the skinks, they're all released. Besides, they were just too cute.
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

Yeah those skinks were cute. I have often wanted to try to keep a colony of them. I did try keeping the smaller brown grouns skinks, but they are just too small. They remind me of little Otters.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

Nice Box Turtle!
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Gerard
www.livebaitclip.com
"I fight knowledge with ignorance"HAHAhaha..............

Yes, she is a pretty girl, hope she lives a long long time.
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

>>I rolled over a large log in my horse pen in prep for cutting it up. Wanted to be sure nothing was inside it. Found two clutches of 5 lined skink eggs. Well, I had to hatch them didn't I? The first clutch has hatched and now the second is hatching. I've been releasing them all over the place, LOL! I think there were 17 eggs total.
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>>Next is the gulf coast box turtle laying eggs in my driveway, right where I park. Lucky I saw her as I drove up. Well, I had to bring those inside, too, didn't I? There are four beautiful eggs.
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>>The skink and boxie forums are pretty dead and thought ya'll might enjoy.
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That's funny...I've got 17 skink eggs incubating now.
found while moving stack of old rotting wood. there were 21 to begin with but 4 didn't make it....I was really surprised any made it. I knocked them all over the place before I saw them. Didn't even have the slightest idea which side was "up"..also no idea when they were laid or when they should hatch but it looks like dark little guys in the eggs when I candle them.
good luck with all your eggs...and to keep in on-topic....

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Corn snakes and rat snakes...No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
Draybars Snakes

Yeah, I was afraid I'd knocked some around, too, but they all hatched. I found them June 3rd and was pretty sure one clutch was brand new. That clutch finished hatching last night. At about 80 degrees.

In fact, one egg started oozing liquid early on and I thought it was going bad, but a healthy baby hatched out of it.
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

>>Yeah, I was afraid I'd knocked some around, too, but they all hatched. I found them June 3rd and was pretty sure one clutch was brand new. That clutch finished hatching last night. At about 80 degrees.
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>>In fact, one egg started oozing liquid early on and I thought it was going bad, but a healthy baby hatched out of it.
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They started hatching this evening
looks like a little raptor

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Corn snakes and rat snakes...No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
Draybars Snakes

Great photo! They don't stay in that egg long either. Then they're zooming all over!
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

That is a great picture! Love it!

--Dennis

>>>>all 17 of the skink eggs hatched...they are definitely active little things.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes...No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
Draybars Snakes

THANK YOU>...

...really....

...most idiots in this hobby would sell or trade all the babies they could get....really...

Thanxx...
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........JY

You are welcome. Yeah, I know what you mean. But I like seeing them around my place. I saw a baby skink yesterday and wondered if it was one of 'mine'. LOL!
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

I agree with JYohe! Honorable actions!! I love seeing the skinks on my deck!Sounds silly but you learn how to I.D. their poop to know they are around!Lol! Jeff

Cool story! Glad the babies will be o.k.!
Jeff