Eastern Box Turtles Hatching

[kobobird]

I just wanted to hop on here and show my first ever babies have begun to hatch. This has been 8 years in the making to finally successfully get babies out of my colony and I couldn’t be more excited. I had two different females lay the same day (April 26th) one clutch was 4 eggs and the other clutch had 2. All but one egg have pipped now. First egg pipped at 54 days of incubation. Picture of one of the laying females with the Male included

 

[DoubleD1996!]

LETS GOOOOO! Congrats, and that male looks absolutely stunning.

 

[Ink]

Congratulations!! Please keep us posted, with pictures of the hatchlings.

 

[144 Grandpa Turtle]

And I like them also

 

[RandyTortoise]

I just wanted to hop on here and show my first ever babies have begun to hatch. This has been 8 years in the making to finally successfully get babies out of my colony and I couldn’t be more excited. I had two different females lay the same day (April 26th) one clutch was 4 eggs and the other clutch had 2. All but one egg have pipped now. First egg pipped at 54 days of incubation. Picture of one of the laying females with the Male includedView attachment 392193View attachment 392194View attachment 392195View attachment 392196

I love the action shot! So cool

 

[kobobird]

LETS GOOOOO! Congrats, and that male looks absolutely stunning.

Thank you. He’s definitely a looker. You can see how he got his name “Fanta”

 

[kobobird]

Congratulations!! Please keep us posted, with pictures of the hatchlings.

Will do! They’ve all officially hatched as of this morning. Just waiting for them to fully absorb their yolk sacks now

 

[TammyJ]

What's the egg substrate?

 

[144 Grandpa Turtle]

Yes

 

[alaskabeardogs]

I just wanted to hop on here and show my first ever babies have begun to hatch. This has been 8 years in the making to finally successfully get babies out of my colony and I couldn’t be more excited. I had two different females lay the same day (April 26th) one clutch was 4 eggs and the other clutch had 2. All but one egg have pipped now. First egg pipped at 54 days of incubation. Picture of one of the laying females with the Male includedView attachment 392193View attachment 392194View attachment 392195View attachment 392196

Congratulations, how exciting!!!

 

[kobobird]

What's the egg substrate?

Vermiculite

 

[kobobird]

All hatchlings are officially out of the egg with all yolk absorbed. Absolutely love the color difference of all them

 

[BelovedScribe]

All hatchlings are officially out of the egg with all yolk absorbed. Absolutely love the color difference of all them
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They’re adorable!

 

[Ink]

So cute

 

[144 Grandpa Turtle]

They are cute

 

[Bro bott]

All hatchlings are officially out of the egg with all yolk absorbed. Absolutely love the color difference of all them
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Those are so cute

 

[Bro bott]

I just wanted to hop on here and show my first ever babies have begun to hatch. This has been 8 years in the making to finally successfully get babies out of my colony and I couldn’t be more excited. I had two different females lay the same day (April 26th) one clutch was 4 eggs and the other clutch had 2. All but one egg have pipped now. First egg pipped at 54 days of incubation. Picture of one of the laying females with the Male includedView attachment 392193View attachment 392194View attachment 392195View attachment 392196

4 is a normal number for a single clutch!! Congrats!!!