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    Thread: Blanding's turtles

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      Smile Blanding's turtles

      This turtle dug a nest in our backyard on a pile of dirt excavated from our pond. She started in the afternoon, digging a couple of depressions before choosing the spot on top. The picture below was taken around midnight, June 14.



      By 6 am the next morning she was gone.



      We didn't want the baby turtles hibernating in our pond since it's really shallow so we dug them up before they hatched and brought them inside. We tried shining a light on the eggs to see if they were viable but that didn't work.







      Some of the eggs started to hatch Sept 14, about 3 months after being laid.







      Group picture on Sept 15 where 6 of the 13 have left their shell. The baby in the middle still has a really big red yolk attached and can barely move. This particular baby had a swollen neck as well and died the following day.



      The 7th baby died in its shell, so close to hatching.



      Group picture on Sept 19. There are now 8 babies that have left their shells. They are surprisingly poor swimmers for aquatic turtles. They cannot float or swim on their first day and have to learn to inhale air in order to float.



      There are still 3 eggs left, one of the eggs have twins in it. The twins don't look normal though. There's a film over their eyes.




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      that is sooo cool, sad but cool

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      Let's hope they pull through the remaining babies

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      So how/where are you planning on wintering them over now?

      It's an awesome experience to watch them I'm sure.
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      That is really cool
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      awesome...god luck, have you done this before?
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      We've been looking for a suitable pond for the babies and we found one that's just perfect. It's quite large and located in a protected woodland. We'll release them in a few days to take advantage of this warm spell.

      The final count is 8 babies out of 13 eggs. They can all swim quite proficiently now. They still won't eat anything though.

      The twins didn't make it. I peeled back the shell a bit. They shared one yolk with one twin quite a bit bigger than the other.



      @ Rainblood - no, we've never hatched turtle eggs before. We've caught adult painted turtles in our yard in the past. We showed them to our neices and nephews before we let them go.

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      Did you know that when moving turtle eggs(lizard eggs too) you should mark the top before moving and make sure the egg stays in the same position? If not the turtles can "drown" in their eggs. You had a good sucess rate, especially if you didn't know the upright rule. Baby turtles are sooooo cute.
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      that is awesome. I love baby turtles!!!!


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