Turtle Baby #2 is hatching!!!!!!!!
 

He's hatching TODAY!!!

It was funny...we came in after dropping kiddo at grammas to spend the w/e with her and my mom, and I'm looking at the eggs going "I hope you guys hatch." I was getting discouraged. It took me a few seconds to register that there was a head sticking out of one of the eggs!!!

So friends, I give you...Leonardo.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...y/100_1835.jpg

Leonardo: pipped 1-5-07, out of the egg 1-6-07...this kid ain't foolin around.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...y/100_1841.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...y/100_1842.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...y/100_1840.jpg

Congratulations to a new addition to your little turtle family. :)

Aww...isn't he cute? :tlove: There is no doubt he will grow up to be a fine, young, energetic turtle :D Congrats on the lil' guy!

YAY! Oh that's so cool! :twink:
Question though, what does pipped mean?

It means that the new little organism broke it shell (egg) in order to come out into the world. I am confident that Buslady can answer better than me but turtles use their beaks to break the inner lining of their egg. The first picture in the thread is a good example of this.

Such a cute little turtle. :trazz: Congrats on the new arrival, haha.