Found First Hatchling

[Len B]

Of the year and it's not an eastern box turtle. I didn't know she had laid any eggs. Nice Surprise this morning.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Nice Len! Great find. Good luck with the little guy.

 

[EllieMay]

Awwww! I didn’t even know you had other torts.. I always think BIG Sully when I see your avatar Congrats!

 

[Len B]

Nice Len! Great find. Good luck with the little guy.

Thanks Mark. Should be fun to watch it grow. I'm used to finding young box turtles just about anywhere around here,Found this little guy while weeding out front a few days ago, I just covered him back up and moved to another area. haven't seen him since.

 

[Len B]

Awwww! I didn’t even know you had other torts.. I always think BIG Sully when I see your avatar Congrats!

I used to keep a bunch of different types of tortoises. a few years ago I got rid of most. Star, Leopard, Mee, Mep, Impressed, Red foot, Yellow foot, Russian, The other 4 adult sulcatas and all their hatchlings. The day before yesterday I had 5 tortoises now I have 6.

 

[Len B]

It's only been a week and she has adjusted great to being inside. Eating well and self hydrating. Feeding her a mix of ROS blooms and tender leaves, broad and narrow leaf plantain, dandelion leaves, tender new growth mulberry and wild grape leaves,wild violet leaves,clover,and thistle. Everything is chopped and cut into small pieces and I mix in a little mazuri dust of both types.

 

[Len B]

My lone female nested today. didn't get to watch her lay so not sure how many eggs. She dug the hole yesterday afternoon and went back to it this morning and dug a little more. I got a pic of her digging and one during the fill in. I don't know if she did this on purpose or by accident but when she had finished there were 2 rocks that were next to the outside wall moved to be right over where the eggs are now

 

[EllieMay]

I used to keep a bunch of different types of tortoises. a few years ago I got rid of most. Star, Leopard, Mee, Mep, Impressed, Red foot, Yellow foot, Russian, The other 4 adult sulcatas and all their hatchlings. The day before yesterday I had 5 tortoises now I have 6.

And yet there are more to come))

 

[Len B]

And yet there are more to come))

This little guy showed up 2 days ago from the last laid eggs. There were 2 eggs that I dug up when it turned colder. the other is no good. It took 73 days for this one to hatch.