My turtle's hatching!

*Buslady* · 11-02-2006, 09:56 AM

just thought I drop a line, my baby turtle Steve is in hatching process, it'll take a few days. Yesterday a piece of shell broke and this morning a claw ruptured the membrane inside that he's enclosed in.
Once he breaks free, or at least sticks out his face, I'll post a piccie.

Here's the latest:

he's so tiny...and so colorful like mom and dad are.

*Katie* · 11-02-2006, 10:05 AM

oh! how exciting!

I remember the first time one of the gecko eggs i had hatched...it's so amazing to watch them work their way out

congratulations

*Mars-Chan* · 11-02-2006, 07:27 PM

Yay!! *Clapping*

Ra · 11-03-2006, 02:27 AM

Horray for lil' Stevie! *waves about a flag* Good to know that your lil' turtle is coming out into the outside world. I just want to say...no, I can't, it's too horrible. Oh, may as well.

At least he is finally braking out of his shell

I'm sure those pictures of yours will be amazing to look at once you take them

*Raph's Girl* · 11-03-2006, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Ra

Oh, may as well.
At least he is finally braking out of his shell

I'm sure those pictures of yours will be amazing to look at once you take them

Don't you mean he's *sings* Coming out of his shell....

Anyways... Yay for the hatching of the hatchlings! (why can't baby turtles have fancy names?

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*Buslady* · 11-04-2006, 01:49 AM

im bumpin this cause i posted a new piccie on the first post. he's half out of the egg!

*Raph's Girl* · 11-04-2006, 02:44 AM

OMG!! Too cute!!

*Katie* · 11-04-2006, 07:50 AM

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

he's adorable!!!

and a couple of your other eggs look pretty close too...least from what I can see

*Buslady* · 11-04-2006, 10:01 AM

nah, those eggs haven't completley gone opaque yet, they're pretty early still but the embryos are there and react to light.

Steve's got a foot out! He's got beautiful eyes too. He's strong and working on the shell pretty well and it looks like the yolks gone.
In the words of his name sake, WOOOOHOOO!!!!

*Katie* · 11-04-2006, 05:56 PM

ooh

Turtle eggs are different than gecko eggs, then. when my gecko eggs used to look similar to what I see in that picture i usually had a baby the next day

OA · 11-04-2006, 07:53 PM

Wow...that must be so exciting... I take it you've done this before so I'm sure you'll take great care of the babies...congrats and keep posting pics!!

**Jo Dawn** · 11-04-2006, 09:50 PM

Awww, Buslady! I want him! He's adorable. Congradulations.

*Buslady* · 11-04-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TMNTerminator

Wow...that must be so exciting... I take it you've done this before so I'm sure you'll take great care of the babies...congrats and keep posting pics!!

Nope, Steve's my first hatchling reptile, not just my first hatchling turtle. I've never incubated anything. I've been trying to icubate Jessie's eggs for 3 years now, since her and Donnie been at it, and nothing until now has finally hatched. I used no fancy incubator, just a deli cup and a warm room.

you can get a size perspective with this shot:

he's tiny!

Ra · 11-04-2006, 10:19 PM

Oh my god, he's a lil' midget! And I mean that in a good way ^_^ He looks so cwte! Many thanks for the pictures, and many more congrats on your new addition to the family

*Buslady* · 11-04-2006, 10:51 PM

aaannnd another photo, i entered this for a calender contest on a turtle forum

*Masked Ninja* · 11-05-2006, 12:16 AM

Aw, he's so cute.

Congrats on your first baby turtle.

*Buslady* · 11-05-2006, 01:36 PM

Here he is, in his colorful glory...

**Jo Dawn** · 11-05-2006, 03:36 PM

Awwwwww... lil Steve is so cute. Do we know if it's a Steve or a Stevie? I love it, Buslady. Congrats!

*Buslady* · 11-05-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

Awwwwww... lil Steve is so cute. Do we know if it's a Steve or a Stevie? I love it, Buslady. Congrats!

I won't know until he's about a year old; but...this species is TDS - temperature determined sex; going by the lower temps he should be a boy. AND...if you look close, one side has one more scute ... 5 instead of 4.

**Jo Dawn** · 11-05-2006, 04:50 PM

Mm, I wondered about that; how soon you could tell. I so want a little turtle of my own, I think they are adorable and facinating as all get out!

11-02-2006, 09:56 AM	#1
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	My turtle's hatching! update- He's hatched! just thought I drop a line, my baby turtle Steve is in hatching process, it'll take a few days. Yesterday a piece of shell broke and this morning a claw ruptured the membrane inside that he's enclosed in. Once he breaks free, or at least sticks out his face, I'll post a piccie. Here's the latest: he's so tiny...and so colorful like mom and dad are. __________________ Last edited by Buslady; 11-04-2006 at 01:29 AM. Reason: update

11-02-2006, 10:05 AM	#2
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	oh! how exciting! I remember the first time one of the gecko eggs i had hatched...it's so amazing to watch them work their way out congratulations __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

11-02-2006, 07:27 PM	#3
Mars-Chan I'LL BE THE HERO!!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Practicing Alchemy in Risembool Posts: 6,297	Yay!! Clapping __________________ clings to award THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! cries in joy RED DAAAAAAAAAAAAWWN!!!! PROUD Member of the Risembool Rangers! (icon made by bakergirl69 on glitter-graphics)

11-03-2006, 02:27 AM	#4
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	Horray for lil' Stevie! waves about a flag Good to know that your lil' turtle is coming out into the outside world. I just want to say...no, I can't, it's too horrible. Oh, may as well. At least he is finally braking out of his shell I'm sure those pictures of yours will be amazing to look at once you take them __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

11-04-2006, 01:49 AM	#6
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	im bumpin this cause i posted a new piccie on the first post. he's half out of the egg! __________________

11-04-2006, 02:44 AM	#7
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	OMG!! Too cute!! __________________

11-04-2006, 07:50 AM	#8
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! he's adorable!!! and a couple of your other eggs look pretty close too...least from what I can see __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

11-04-2006, 10:01 AM	#9
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	nah, those eggs haven't completley gone opaque yet, they're pretty early still but the embryos are there and react to light. Steve's got a foot out! He's got beautiful eyes too. He's strong and working on the shell pretty well and it looks like the yolks gone. In the words of his name sake, WOOOOHOOO!!!! __________________

11-04-2006, 05:56 PM	#10
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	ooh Turtle eggs are different than gecko eggs, then. when my gecko eggs used to look similar to what I see in that picture i usually had a baby the next day __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

11-04-2006, 07:53 PM	#11
OA Scatter the nuns!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,981	Wow...that must be so exciting... I take it you've done this before so I'm sure you'll take great care of the babies...congrats and keep posting pics!! __________________

11-04-2006, 09:50 PM	#12
Jo Dawn Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Authority On All Things Don Posts: 5,190	Awww, Buslady! I want him! He's adorable. Congradulations. __________________

11-04-2006, 10:19 PM	#14
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	Oh my god, he's a lil' midget! And I mean that in a good way ^_^ He looks so cwte! Many thanks for the pictures, and many more congrats on your new addition to the family __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

11-04-2006, 10:51 PM	#15
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	aaannnd another photo, i entered this for a calender contest on a turtle forum __________________

11-05-2006, 12:16 AM	#16
Masked Ninja Doodles TMNT for fun Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sploshin' through some sewer... Posts: 2,137	Aw, he's so cute. Congrats on your first baby turtle.

11-05-2006, 01:36 PM	#17
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	Here he is, in his colorful glory... __________________

11-05-2006, 03:36 PM	#18
Jo Dawn Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Authority On All Things Don Posts: 5,190	Awwwwww... lil Steve is so cute. Do we know if it's a Steve or a Stevie? I love it, Buslady. Congrats! __________________

11-05-2006, 04:50 PM	#20
Jo Dawn Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Authority On All Things Don Posts: 5,190	Mm, I wondered about that; how soon you could tell. I so want a little turtle of my own, I think they are adorable and facinating as all get out! __________________