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.
They grew a little (and somebody got their foot chomped that first year as well - I call this one Stumpy
)
On top of Sammy
on top of Sammy now
dancing on Sammy
on top of Clementine
on top of Clementine now
Clementine with 2 of the bigger babies (there is one that is a little bigger than Stumpy)
Clementine and Stumpy
There are 3 other babies out there, but they hide better than these 2 did
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.
They grew a little (and somebody got their foot chomped that first year as well - I call this one Stumpy
On top of Sammy
on top of Sammy now
dancing on Sammy
on top of Clementine
on top of Clementine now
Clementine with 2 of the bigger babies (there is one that is a little bigger than Stumpy)
Clementine and Stumpy
There are 3 other babies out there, but they hide better than these 2 did
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.