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06-06-2012, 09:49 PM
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Another first for us!!
We acquired a pair of LTC G. spengleri last fall. They had lived with the same guy for over 4 years. He had kept them together and never had any luck getting them to breed. In over 4 years he never had a single egg. They have been living apart since we got them with a few conjugal visits in March and April. Well this is what I found today. A HUGE egg. I say huge because in relationship to the size of the little turtle, the egg is enormous!! Hopefully I can get the incubation right and that it is fertile.
This.....  Plus this......  Equals this....... 
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06-06-2012, 09:51 PM
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Cool! I'd love to keep these
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06-06-2012, 09:55 PM
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Great news. Good luck with the egg. Your turtles look lovely x
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06-06-2012, 10:04 PM
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They look really lovely. That egg is huge!
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06-06-2012, 10:14 PM
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Such a lovely story. Good luck with the egg.
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06-06-2012, 11:22 PM
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We are getting 5 of these lovely turtles this weekend. Good luck with the egg.
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06-06-2012, 11:29 PM
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Sorry, I know nothing about turtles. What size are these turtles? and how heavy is the egg?
Love the look on the left hand one in the second pic! it reminds me of this 
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06-06-2012, 11:40 PM
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Thanks everyone!! I am very excited.
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In that pic, the male is eyeing down his girl. They have the most interesting mating ritual where they will both stick their necks way out and move their head side to side very slowly. Then something occurs and the female takes off and the male is in pursuit. He can't be kept with her for very long, just too stressful for her.
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Mating face! hillarious I think that is going to stay with me forever 
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06-06-2012, 11:51 PM
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Such sweet little faces. In the second picture is the male on the left of the screen as we look at it?
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