Well, January 22 my rescue Babcock from Cincinnati dug a nest and deposited 10 eggs in it. They started hatching on May 1st and as of today, all of them have hatched. One broke through before all the veins had dried up and it bled to death, but all the others are fine. One of them has what looks like a very small not alive twin attached to the umbilical, but the bigger of the two is fine. I'm going to try to tie off the umbilical and hopefully the twin will drop off without causing a problem to the other baby.
The picture with two babies in it are the one that hatched today plus the one with the twin. The twin hatched about a week ago. He's slightly smaller than the brand new baby. My camera doesn't do close-ups well, but the 'parasite' is showing his plastron as well as the alive baby is.
The picture with two babies in it are the one that hatched today plus the one with the twin. The twin hatched about a week ago. He's slightly smaller than the brand new baby. My camera doesn't do close-ups well, but the 'parasite' is showing his plastron as well as the alive baby is.