It's not an April's fools joke...

[Jacqui]

Kristina, guess what I have sitting and soaking right now?!!

 

[stephiiberrybean]

Is it my secret santa present
I always knew you'd find me a hingeback after I lost my chance with that other one

 

[tyler0912]

Awh jacqui your so nice for splashing out on steph like that!

 

[Yvonne G]

Of course its not an April Fool's joke...Its November, silly!

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Let's see..."sitting"....."soaking".....I know, I know, pick me, me, me!! Its beans for tomorrow's dinner!!!

 

[Nay]

Your foot? Did you hurt it???

 

[tyler0912]

''Kristina guess what i have sitting and soaking right now?!!'' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your husband?

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Must be a beautiful little hingeback...

 

[pdrobber]

a newly hatched hingeback?

 

[stephiiberrybean]

whoa what?
Jacqui dropped a baby hingeback on her foot and now shes soaking it (the foot not the tortoise!)

jks.
Jacqui if that is true we need photos!!!!!!

 

[Jacqui]

a newly hatched hingeback?

Peter is pretty darn warm.

 

[pdrobber]

ok well what is it then!? several newly hatched hingebacks?

 

[stephiiberrybean]

Jacqui tell us please
I'm dying to know!

 

[Jacqui]

Two newly hatched Homes Hingebacks

The face of the larger one.

The smaller one.

The two sides of the smaller one.

Notice all the edges.

For those who like butt shots...

Can you see something special about this little one?

This is the smaller one

The larger one has less left, but still a little

The end! Well actually just the beginning!!

 

[pdrobber]

awesome!

 

[Weldd]

Amazing! Congratulations!!!

 

[Jacqui]

Thank you! It has been years since I hatched any hingebacks (Bells). I have gotten lots of clutches and eggs from both the Bells and Homes, but just could not hatch them out. I tried every which way to get them to hatch. Finally these were just left in with the parents. I guess maybe now my curse has been lifted.

 

[froghaven5]

Awesome! The smaller 1 has a crown! How cool

 

[Len B]

Congratulations Jacqui, I don't think I have ever seen a hatchling hingeback,They look a lot like the Asian forest tortoises hatchlings with all those spines. Len

 

[Yvonne G]

A split scute!! I love the "different" ones. They sure have serrated edges, huh? I never noticed that about the bigger torts. Good luck with them.

 

[terryo]

They are precious!! Congratulations, and I'm sooooooooooo jealous.