Got a very young turtle "son" today lol

[Marshall]

He was brought in only because the owner was not aware that her adult female turtle, a pb-sideneck could breed with a regular a-sideneck. The male sideneck was actually a turtle she adopted from me about 2.5 years ago but she did not have the female at that time so hatchlings was not a topic. With her current setup she does not have the means to care for hatchlings and especially not another full grown turtle so I am gonna keep him and add him to my personal family of turtle "sons" and "daughters" and most likely he will move into a 75 gallon tank with Atlas since they will be about the same full grown size. I named him Yertle and his intake images are below I hope he don't try and stack up all the other turtles though... LOL

 

[peter hillman]

He was brought in only because the owner was not aware that her adult female turtle, a pb-sideneck could breed with a regular a-sideneck. The male sideneck was actually a turtle she adopted from me about 2.5 years ago but she did not have the female at that time so hatchlings was not a topic. With her current setup she does not have the means to care for hatchlings and especially not another full grown turtle so I am gonna keep him and add him to my personal family of turtle "sons" and "daughters" and most likely he will move into a 75 gallon tank with Atlas since they will be about the same full grown size. I named him Yertle and his intake images are below I hope he don't try and stack up all the other turtles though... LOL

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so cute

 

[Nepen]

OMG he is such a cutie!!!!!

 

[Big Lou]

Cute little one.

 

[Mmathis]

Hatchlings are just so darn adorable!

 

[addy1]

What a cuttie!

 

[MitchM]

Those are bigger than the turtles that I told you about before.

 

[MitchM]

I'm trying to figure out if I can incorporate some turtles into our greenhouse.

 

[sissy]

oh look at those adorable cute little turtle legs

 

[Priscilla]

This makes me want a turtle pond so bad!

 

[haver79]

Cute!