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Weekend surprise - babies!

Jan Orcutt

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I had no idea my Spotted turtles were breeding or laying eggs..... I found a hatchling basking on Saturday and another one Sunday. They appear to be a week or two old. I never get tired of hatching babies, but this was probably the most exciting of all. I'm going to try to post a pic.... if it doesn't work it's because I'm too dumb to figure out how!

Their shell length is 1 1/8" (tiny!).
 

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AWWWWWWWW!!!!! They are SO cute!!!

Congratulations on your new arrivals! :)
 
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