Happy First Day of Spring!

allegraf

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Well these two clutch mates were laid on 11/18/14. Their last sibling is not ready to make an appearance. 122 days later right on the first day of spring they both decided to come out. They were from a found clutch and are very light orangish. I suspect their mom would be Lemonhead or Rambutan. More likely Lemonhead since Rambutan's tend to be a deeper orange. I have a feeling these are going to darken up and it will be interesting to see what their final colors end up being. (Sorry about the quality of photos, I didn't want to disturb them too much)

Here is the first one
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Here is the second one:
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It is always fun to see the differences between the hatchlings from the same clutch. Here are the two of them together:
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Thanks, all! I think these will likely start to pink up, never reach a red but definitely will have red/pink colors as they mature.
 

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Sweet lookin' cherries! You have some dynamite pairings going on!!
 

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Beautiful, I love the orange on the black and how much orange is on the legs.
 

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Well these two clutch mates were laid on 11/18/14. Their last sibling is not ready to make an appearance. 122 days later right on the first day of spring they both decided to come out. They were from a found clutch and are very light orangish. I suspect their mom would be Lemonhead or Rambutan. More likely Lemonhead since Rambutan's tend to be a deeper orange. I have a feeling these are going to darken up and it will be interesting to see what their final colors end up being. (Sorry about the quality of photos, I didn't want to disturb them too much)

Here is the first one
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Here is the second one:
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It is always fun to see the differences between the hatchlings from the same clutch. Here are the two of them together:
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Wow, we all seem to look at there shell colours. But the forlegs look so good. Amazing. I can only dream of this at this point. They look good.
 

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I can't wait for your hatchlings to be ready. I'm going to get two from you to add to my herd.
 

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Here are the updated pictures of these two. These are the two with the first one promised to @deercorpse. ImageUploadedByTortoise Forum1427243859.442024.jpgImageUploadedByTortoise Forum1427244214.493108.jpg
 

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Onidara

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How many are expecting to hatch this season? Because I want to get one or two from you
 

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Very nice, deercorpse got a beauty as well!
 

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HA---Ha-----HA----CHU ! ! ! !

Sorry that I have to sneeze.

Yep! ! Spring is here alright! !!
 

allegraf

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Here is a better pic of the one going to @deercorpse, this one is real red! It did not want to hold still for pics either!
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Thanks, I love it when they are red/orange and have really dark skin, that's a great looking tort!
 
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