How fast they grow in 3 years

TLWR

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3 years ago I was looking in the turtle garden and saw some mulch that didn't seem right. Went to investigate and saw a baby turtle that had just hatched. And then found some more.


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They grew a little (and somebody got their foot chomped that first year as well - I call this one Stumpy
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On top of Sammy

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on top of Sammy now

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dancing on Sammy

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on top of Clementine

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on top of Clementine now

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Clementine with 2 of the bigger babies (there is one that is a little bigger than Stumpy)

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Clementine and Stumpy

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There are 3 other babies out there, but they hide better than these 2 did
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Since the babies all look like Sammy, we are guessing they were hers.
2 of them are smaller so may have been from the following year or a later hatching that we didn't quite notice. We saw 4 babies the first year and one died. Then the following year I swore to DH we had 4 and as I tried finding them in all their hiding places, I pulled out 5 of them.
 

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3 years ago I was looking in the turtle garden and saw some mulch that didn't seem right. Went to investigate and saw a baby turtle that had just hatched. And then found some more.


IMG_8145_zps1dc1bbb9.jpg








They grew a little (and somebody got their foot chomped that first year as well - I call this one Stumpy
lol.gif
)

IMG_0213_zpsfcrwoy6k.jpg








On top of Sammy

IMG_8151_zpsee31166c.jpg




on top of Sammy now

IMG_0208_zpswbnomwbd.jpg




dancing on Sammy

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on top of Clementine

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on top of Clementine now

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Clementine with 2 of the bigger babies (there is one that is a little bigger than Stumpy)

IMG_0226%20-%20Copy_zpsgup80r8h.jpg




Clementine and Stumpy

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There are 3 other babies out there, but they hide better than these 2 did
lol.gif



Since the babies all look like Sammy, we are guessing they were hers.
2 of them are smaller so may have been from the following year or a later hatching that we didn't quite notice. We saw 4 babies the first year and one died. Then the following year I swore to DH we had 4 and as I tried finding them in all their hiding places, I pulled out 5 of them.

Very sweet. Love the pics!
 

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Very nice! You've done a good job raising them up. They look great.
 

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Amazing markings on Clementine. You have some beautiful turtles there. Obviously healthy. Is Clem as big as she looks in the photos or is it just that she is posing next to hunger turtles?
 

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They are gulf coast and Clementine probably is as big as she looks. She is very much a 2 handed girl. I don't pick them up often, but each time I pick her up, I'm always surprised at how heavy she is.
 

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Beautiful Turtles! I have a 3 toed/gulf coast integrade that took after the gulf Coast especially in size. She was hatched in august 2011. I kept records for her every year except the year she turned 3 (tragic death of someone I was close to that year). But at 2 years of age she weighed 434 grams and at 4 years of age she weighed 675 grams. Very large at a young age! She just turned 5 and she is holding steady....ranges from 670 to 690.
 
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