Why I love living in S. Florida- Always a SURPRISE!

[allegraf]

It seems that every year one or two of my sneaky girls slip a clutch by me and the husband and we invariably find "feral" hatchlings. Last year we found 4 that appeared from the same clutch This year is no different, he found only one this morning, but it looks pretty good. The "feral" ones tend to be more shy than their incubated counterparts in the beginning. I managed to get some good pics of it though, it looks to be a few weeks old. Shell is a bit dirty, but I guess that is from digging its way out of the ground. What a great way to begin the weekend!

Allegra

PS it is eating already, gotta love 'em.

 

[cdmay]

Beauty! Looks like a big one too.

 

[Jacqui]

*drools* Now that is a keeper! I agree what an awesome way to start a weekend or any day. The only thing feral that ever shows up in my yard are cats. Just not fair! *pouts*

 

[dbsneed69]

That's great!!

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

That's awesome! What a great find. Where in the yard was it? It's great that this sort of thing happens for you every year.
I didn't realize they could grow a bit and still keep their umbilicus and egg tooth. Very interesting!

 

[LindaF]

You are so LUCKY! Such beautiful red coloring!

 

[Momof4]

WOW!!

 

[Torty Mom]

Wow, beautiful tortie! Great way to start your weekend!

 

[tyler0912]

What a beuat!

 

[wrmitchell22]

Gorgeous Tort, I love those red torts!

 

[Madkins007]

God, I am SOOOO jealous! You have new torties just crawling out of the ground for you!

 

[SulcataSquirt]

What an amazing coloring! Lucky!

 

[Tom]

Wow! That color is incredible.

 

[Redstrike]

You certainly produce some nice looking cherryheads, even if you're not trying!

 

[pochito]

that's awesome!! i hope the same thing happens to me since I've found a few old nests in my red foot pen.

 

[Candy]

Just more proof that they do pretty good without intervention. She is just beautiful. What a wonderful surprise.

 

[My Torts]

Love it!

 

[TortBrain]

Beautiful red!

 

[Geochelone_Carbonaria]

Phantastique !!!

Congrats

 

[Angi]

How fun