Success with Kinixys Nogueyi

[2turtletom]

After keeping this species since 1998, and attempting to produce offspring in earnest over the past two years, I'm happy to announce that after 140 days of incbation I have hatched my first Kinixys nogueyi! The second animal hatched a few days later- two more eggs left in the clutch. I hope you are well, go hingebacks!

 

[Ink]

OMG! Congrats. How exciting. Such a cute face

 

[William Lee Kohler]

What an adorable baby. I love the armor on his head. CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[2turtletom]

What an adorable baby. I love the armor on his head. CONGRATULATIONS!

Thanks Bill! #9 just pipped this morning.

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Congrats Tom. It must feel good to have all that effort pay off!

 

[2turtletom]

Congrats Tom. It must feel good to have all that effort pay off!

Absolutely- it's a total labor of love. And labor it is.... The first year doing this, I got nothing, and now I'm be rewarded with an abundance of riches in the form of hatchling Kinixys.

 

[Yvonne G]

Very nice. Congratulations on a job well done!

 

[William Lee Kohler]

Thanks Bill! #9 just pipped this morning.

WELL DONE! Feeling a little overwhelmed?

 

[2turtletom]

WELL DONE! Feeling a little overwhelmed?

#10 Pipped the next day. Yes Bill! 16 produced between Nogueyi and Homeana since 12-1-2019. Just when I thought I might have a multi-month break, I had a homeana lay 3 eggs two days ago. But I'm up for the task!

 

[jsheffield]

#10 Pipped the next day. Yes Bill! 16 produced between Nogueyi and Homeana since 12-1-2019. Just when I thought I might have a multi-month break, I had a homeana lay 3 eggs two days ago. But I'm up for the task!

SO amazing!

Jamie

 

[turtlesteve]

Awesome! Amazing that these have no hint of the hinge at birth and that it develops later.

 

[Billna the 2]

Now that is what I call exciting well done.

 

[Liggysasha]

Congratulations! And what a beautiful baby too! You must be so proud (and rightly so).

 

[2turtletom]

Awesome! Amazing that these have no hint of the hinge at birth and that it develops later.

Yep, absolutely no sign of any hinge! I've always thought that the presence of a hinge was one of the reasons that Hingebacks were never popular- people saw the hinge as a flaw to the typical tortoise shell, but I certainly never thought that way.