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Yasser
05-07-2008, 15:35
After spending years with keeping native water turtles and a fleet of Boxies as a kid growing up on a lake in New Orleans, I finally settled down and tried my hand at breeding turtles in the PacNW! I am very proud to say I hatched my very first turtle!

It's a teeny Loggerhead Musk turtle.

It's two days old pictured here....
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/pythonmaker2/Peanut5-4-0801med.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/pythonmaker2/Peanut5-4-0802med.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/pythonmaker2/Peanut5-4-0803med.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/pythonmaker2/Peanut5-4-0804med.jpg

It ate for the first time yesterday...an earthworm.
I have a colony of 6 adults and two hypo subadults. This new "Peanut" has put me on cloud 9! Satisfaction can be found in so many ways!

-Yasser
dalvers63
05-07-2008, 16:08
You're having a great year :-)

I love this little guy..if I find I can make space for a turtle, you know I'll be chatting with you about these little guys. They seem to be perfect for those of us with limited space.
Scott
05-07-2008, 18:01
Very cool Yasser! Congrats! :)
Jenn
05-07-2008, 18:19
Congrats! He's *very* cute!

Jennifer
Solar
05-07-2008, 19:52
Congratulations .... that turtle is awesome, little and cute .... looks terrified (if that's possible) ... like caption could read:

"I just came into this world and suddenly bright lights are flashing at me and I feel this sensation of being picked up and put on my back, am I going to be eaten? Is it a bird or something worse. Hope not. Oh my, it's a human..."
Julia
05-07-2008, 22:04
That has got to be one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Well besides baby snakes of course! :p
Bren
05-08-2008, 08:44
Absolutely adorable!
Congrats!
EdiferiousRex
05-08-2008, 15:16
Two things:
Firstly, OHMYGODITSSOCUTE I WANT FIVE!!!
Really, sign me up! I haven't had a turtle since I was wee, but I remember mine fondly.

Secondly, Never ever put a turtle on its back :O Their lungs collapse when they're upside-down.
klcostle
05-12-2008, 08:38
You are the parent of an adorable little turtle. It really makes a person feel alive and connected to nature, doesn't it?