Marshall
Turtle Keeper + CPL(H)
The last rescue I brought into the sanctuary was the female map turtle and her clutch of 5 eggs. As the images I posted before indicated the hatchlings were a 4/5 success because one of the eggs was sterile but 4 viable map turtle hatchlings is good because they are notoriously hard to incubate and hatch in captivity especially considering I had to do it myself late in the process (I got the mom and eggs about 85% into the incubation period). Although my work payed off in the 4 baby "Atlas's" 
unfortunately the stress was too much on the already neglected and abused mother who died sometime last night. To be honest I am surprised she survived the process of finding somewhere to lay her clutch in the conditions she came out of so in my opinion she is a hero if you will and therefore will get a burial accordingly. Sorry for the sad news but I feel obligated to inform you all about the rescue since this forum and its members were a part of it from concept to reality and have been supportive ever since. The hatchlings are named John, Paul, George & Ringo and they are all healthy and will be ready for adoption in about 3 months (if I don't keep em )
unfortunately the stress was too much on the already neglected and abused mother who died sometime last night. To be honest I am surprised she survived the process of finding somewhere to lay her clutch in the conditions she came out of so in my opinion she is a hero if you will and therefore will get a burial accordingly. Sorry for the sad news but I feel obligated to inform you all about the rescue since this forum and its members were a part of it from concept to reality and have been supportive ever since. The hatchlings are named John, Paul, George & Ringo and they are all healthy and will be ready for adoption in about 3 months (if I don't keep em )
