Without my camera, I wouldn't be able to see half of what's there. I am beginning to see some really good skin color coming in on these guys. These are 3 and 4 months old.
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Great photo's, they do have some very cool colors and patterns...
Very good pictures, are they all from the same clutch ?
Very cool! They look very healthy!!
Same father,two mothers.
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They are beautiful...
They look like they'll all be stunners!
Keep taking those face shots of them. I want to see how they change as they grow.
The last one in your original post looks the most distinctive so far.
Are they incubated to be a mix of sexes, or did you incubate to favor one gender? And are they all the same in personality so far, or are some more outgoing?
Steve
Keep taking those face shots of them. I want to see how they change as they grow.
The last one in your original post looks the most distinctive so far.
Are they incubated to be a mix of sexes, or did you incubate to favor one gender? And are they all the same in personality so far, or are some more outgoing?
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Wow, they are beautiful! Mine didn't start to get spots and color until they were a few years old...
Fantastic looking box turtles. They look much older than a few months.
I incubated at 80 degrees, so I think I should get both sexes. I have 11, and would say only a couple appear to be shy. They're agressive eaters, so I have to watch them since it seems a few would rather steal food from others. The largest and most colorful already has a functional plastron hinge. I read that this took longer. I'm happy with their progress, and expect that in another few months they'll look even better. We shall see.
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This is one of mine at 3 months old. Yours look so much older.
I think you're right. The heads on mine seem to be more mature, and less baby-like. I think that one of yours is very nice. If you had a closeup shot, it would probably reveal a lot more details. Does that baby have a lot of white on it's plastron?
Here's a top shot of my best one.
terryo said:This is one of mine at 3 months old. Yours look so much older.
Here's a top shot of my best one.
She is loaded with yellow. Her legs and tail are all yellow already, and she's only a few months old. Also the plastron hinge usually isn't functional until they are at least 8-9 months old. Yes she has a lot of yellowish white on her plastron. I also have a few that have absolutely no color and are only two months old. This baby is about two months.
This is my Three Toed, who's about a little over a year in this picture.
Your's looks to be at least 8 months old.
This is my Three Toed, who's about a little over a year in this picture.
Your's looks to be at least 8 months old.
I'm very interested to see if the ones with the most early color are indeed the most colorful adults.
neat pattern. i'm surprised the ones i've delt with didn't have fuctional hinges til they were about 1.5 years old
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Are you sure you have the correct ages? Mine didn't start to get color until they were close to 2 years old and I know they didn't get functional hinges until they were 2 or older. I am not trying to be disrespectful, it's just that things don't add up...
They hatched on 8/16/11 and 9/03/11.
Those are some great pictures! Thanks for sharing. 
I believe box turtles, like most reptiles, develop as a function of eating and growth, and not age. A turtle that eats more, grows faster, and develops according to that growth. I can't find it, but on another forum, someone raised an eastern box turtle from 13.9 grams to 175 grams between 12-5-2006 and 12-19-2007. They posted picts, and excel graphs showing the monthly gain of the 4 babies they were raising. I kept the pictures, and the graphs, but I can't seem to find the post. It should have been posted in early 2008.maggie3fan said:
Yagujubi, how much does your working hinge baby weigh?
Steve
Also,
here's an interesting post on wild and captive babies.
http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload/index.php?showtopic=92616&hl=+grams++year&fromsearch=1
I just re-read this post in more detail, and the author actually talks about hinge development, which does not support what I said above!
His 47 gram one year old did not have a moveable hinge, while the smaller 46 gram wild three-year old did. Interesting post.
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