Rescued a nest of 12 eggs laid 5 ft from the freeway. All 12 hatched and doing well:)
Sep 30, 2013 #1 M maroonus New Member 5 Year Member Joined Sep 23, 2013 Messages 41 Rescued a nest of 12 eggs laid 5 ft from the freeway. All 12 hatched and doing well Attachments 12cooterEggsJuly4th13.jpg 180.7 KB · Views: 64 Hatchlings1.jpg 265.1 KB · Views: 66 12NewBabies1.jpg 143.6 KB · Views: 74 CooterBaby2.jpg 191 KB · Views: 72 TurtleIsland1.jpg 112.7 KB · Views: 68
Sep 30, 2013 #2 wellington Well-Known Member Moderator 10 Year Member! Tortoise Club Joined Sep 6, 2011 Messages 49,887 Location (City and/or State) Chicago, Illinois, USA So very cute.
Sep 30, 2013 #3 M maroonus New Member 5 Year Member Joined Sep 23, 2013 Messages 41 wellington said: So very cute. Click to expand... They are so hyper too when swimming around and still have their egg tooths.
wellington said: So very cute. Click to expand... They are so hyper too when swimming around and still have their egg tooths.
Sep 30, 2013 #4 luvpetz27 New Member 5 Year Member Joined Sep 16, 2012 Messages 2,841 Location (City and/or State) Ohio USA They are adorable and beautiful!! I cant stop looking at them!!!!!!!!!
Sep 30, 2013 #5 N2TORTS Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Feb 21, 2010 Messages 8,803 AWESOME!!!!
Sep 30, 2013 #6 diamondbp Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Joined Nov 17, 2012 Messages 3,331 My first love....river cooters. Congrats!
Sep 30, 2013 #7 mike taylor Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Platinum Tortoise Club Joined Oct 28, 2012 Messages 13,454 Awesome save !!!! Sent from my C771 using TortForum mobile app
Sep 30, 2013 #8 AustinASU Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Jul 8, 2012 Messages 1,152 Location (City and/or State) Pensacola, FL Love cooters, never had this species though. I'm pretty attatched to my texas river cooters
Oct 1, 2013 #9 Anthony P Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Joined Jan 16, 2012 Messages 2,162 Location (City and/or State) Swamps, bogs, and vernal pools Nothing quite like a hatchling Pseudemys.. Beautiful
Oct 1, 2013 #10 ashbelys New Member 5 Year Member Joined Sep 18, 2013 Messages 87 Their shell patterns are gorgeous! Do you plan to keep them all?
Oct 1, 2013 #11 M maroonus New Member 5 Year Member Joined Sep 23, 2013 Messages 41 ashbelys said: Their shell patterns are gorgeous! Do you plan to keep them all? Click to expand... They will be raised to a good size for two years in an outdoor pond then I'll release most of them in protected areas afterwards
ashbelys said: Their shell patterns are gorgeous! Do you plan to keep them all? Click to expand... They will be raised to a good size for two years in an outdoor pond then I'll release most of them in protected areas afterwards
Oct 1, 2013 #12 sopo Member 5 Year Member Joined Sep 28, 2013 Messages 107 Location (City and/or State) So Central OK Great job!
Oct 2, 2013 #13 ashbelys New Member 5 Year Member Joined Sep 18, 2013 Messages 87 Very nice! Seems like you're really doing right by them.