Recently hatched 12 Cooters

maroonus · Sep 30, 2013

Rescued a nest of 12 eggs laid 5 ft from the freeway. All 12 hatched and doing well

wellington · Sep 30, 2013

So very cute.

maroonus · Sep 30, 2013

wellington said:
So very cute.

They are so hyper too when swimming around and still have their egg tooths.

luvpetz27 · Sep 30, 2013

They are adorable and beautiful!!

I cant stop looking at them!!!!!!!!!

N2TORTS · Sep 30, 2013

AWESOME!!!!

diamondbp · Sep 30, 2013

My first love....river cooters. Congrats!

mike taylor · Sep 30, 2013

Awesome save !!!!

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AustinASU · Sep 30, 2013

Love cooters, never had this species though. I'm pretty attatched to my texas river cooters

Anthony P · Oct 1, 2013

Nothing quite like a hatchling Pseudemys.. Beautiful

ashbelys · Oct 1, 2013

Their shell patterns are gorgeous! Do you plan to keep them all?

maroonus · Oct 1, 2013

ashbelys said:
Their shell patterns are gorgeous! Do you plan to keep them all?

They will be raised to a good size for two years in an outdoor pond then I'll release most of them in protected areas afterwards

sopo · Oct 1, 2013

Great job!

ashbelys · Oct 2, 2013

Very nice! Seems like you're really doing right by them.