04-02-2008, 01:14 PM | #1 |
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2008 Eggs!
January 5, 2008
My 24 year old plus 3 toed box turtle Clyde has been restless lately and I have found her numerous times digging on the floor of her enclosure with her back legs. Each time I would take her out and put her in an aquarium with warm soil in hopes she would dig her nest and lay eggs. But nothing! So tonight I dug a hole for her and stuck her butt in it. That did the trick! She dug her nest and layed 3 eggs pictured below. They should hatch in a few months in the incubator. Clyde digging her nest for 3 eggs.
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04-02-2008, 01:47 PM | #2 |
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Great pictures Patrick How are they doing, a month into incubation?
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excellent pictures
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Clyde was restless again last night and I feel more eggs in her. She laid 10 fertile ones last year.
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Well done to both of you
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great news, great pictures and well done.
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Great news Pat.
Well done. Ade
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