In the mix .....Neat~o Baby Hypo

[N2TORTS]

Here Baby Hypo ..... is grubbin' down ... Father was Oscar' an Xtra large Cherry Head ( with extreme orange coloring on head) at around 14" and Momma Hypo...who is a Northern Redfoot Hypo. I was very pleased with the outcome of the color combo ( she is lovely in person ) of this lil one ' bummer is she was the only one who made it ...some of the eggs quite didnt develope fully and was interesting to crack them open and see why ... and how far they had come /or didnt come along...all documented of course.
" HAPPY TORT ~ N "

JD~

 

[Yvonne G]

Interesting scute pattern...that's why you've referred to it as "she."

 

[exoticsdr]

Very pretty! Congrats!

 

[Stephanie]

Just beautiful!

 

[LindaF]

Beautiful baby!

 

[Geochelone_Carbonaria]

Really nice !

 

[dmarcus]

Very lovely girl...

 

[Madkins007]

Cool photos!

Do you have more than one male cherry-head?

I'm just asking because there is some interesting research about sperm storage and mixed paternity in chelonians- they suggest that it can take more than 3 years to 'clear out' DNA from a given source. (I'll try to find the link again if anyone is interested.)

 

[N2TORTS]

Cool photos!

Do you have more than one male cherry-head?

I'm just asking because there is some interesting research about sperm storage and mixed paternity in chelonians- they suggest that it can take more than 3 years to 'clear out' DNA from a given source. (I'll try to find the link again if anyone is interested.)

Madkins'.....yea I know about the sperm storage, I have 3 breeding males actually and two of them are Cherrys, the other is another male hypo ( Northern) . Also the person before me has kept very good records , as well as myself on who she has had access to. But one needs to produce more than a few clutches to see how and at what rate the gene line stays consistent , in my opinion. I will be producing hypo to hypo in the near future ( crossing fingers) , the hatchlings should be more and more " ghost like " ...

JD~

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Cool photos!

Do you have more than one male cherry-head?

I'm just asking because there is some interesting research about sperm storage and mixed paternity in chelonians- they suggest that it can take more than 3 years to 'clear out' DNA from a given source. (I'll try to find the link again if anyone is interested.)

Madkins'.....yea I know about the sperm storage, I have 3 breeding males actually and two of them are Cherrys, the other is another male hypo ( Northern) . Also the person before me has kept very good records , as well as myself on who she has had access to. But one needs to produce more than a few clutches to see how and at what rate the gene line stays consistent , in my opinion. I will be producing hypo to hypo in the near future ( crossing fingers) , the hatchlings should be more and more " ghost like " ...

JD~

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Beautiful!