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My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« on: September 23, 2010, 02:56:10 PM »
Great news - I have two eggs!!  Photos and videos of egg laying coming later tonight.

Faith was rewarded!

So experts, what are my chances of successful hatching? What percentage of your eggs usually end up hatching? I know I might have less success because its my torts first time, etc.

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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2010, 03:39:38 PM »
Here are the photos of the egg laying process, and the happy parents to be



mom:


dad:

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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2010, 03:42:16 PM »
Here is a video of the 2nd egg being laid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjtC2ClVAF4
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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2010, 04:37:44 PM »
Congratulations!!!A verry beutifull female.Thoes are gonna be some good looking torts.
I have a breeding pair myself and am hoping to have my first eggs by Fall 2011.
Good luck with your eggs/baby torts! :)

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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2010, 02:55:58 PM »
Alright, Mine usually have about a >80% hatch rate.
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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2010, 04:11:10 AM »
cool pics, thanks and congrats!
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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2010, 07:22:02 AM »
Very cool egg laying photo's.
As for success rate, I had my first eggs this year. I had four eggs laid in batches of two, one of the eggs from the first batch hatched a little while ago & one of the eggs from the second batch has just started hatching today! I suspect that is all I shall get but two out of four is not at bad at all!  :D
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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2010, 03:59:58 AM »
OK, so this morning I awoke to find she laid another egg! (3 weeks later after 1st 2). But this time, she just laid it on surface, without ever having acted gravid, she was just acting normally yesterday, eating, chilling, no climbing the walls or anything.
Weird.
'cause she worked so hard last month to find the right place, dig nests for hours, etc etc, and then this time with no warning just lets an egg out on the surface overnight, in the dark.
Anyhow, I'm thrilled to have a 3rd egg, but has anybody else seen such bizarre behavior? What is up with that?
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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2010, 11:02:59 PM »
3 out of 4! first ever eggs! well done number 4 didn't think you would make it.
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2010, 09:36:06 AM »
Congratulations!!!  Really cool video :)
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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2010, 12:10:10 AM »
Congradulations!! Your torts are so beautiful! I bet the babies will be even better!  Did you get them both at theturtlesource.com? or just mint?  I am very convinced I am getting mine from there  :)

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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2010, 02:23:01 AM »
Just Mint. I had already "rescued" Junior from a pet shop.

Thanks!
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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2010, 10:24:22 AM »
ok..

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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2010, 08:07:00 AM »
I have found eggs laid on the surface, & in shallow nests not covered.
I assume it might depend on the time of day she laid them, IE maybe it was bedtime.
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Re: My Gal Mint laid her eggs today - Yahoo!!!!
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2010, 12:27:20 PM »
Now thats its been a while, I'm wondering what is the usual interval between clutches? As in how soon could I hope for her to lay eggs again?
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