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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:09 am **New common musk turtle hatchling!!**

This is the first of the 2 common musk turtle eggs to hatch.He's about a half hour old and still has to absorb his yolk sac.
***ATTENTION VERY CUTE***

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:40 am

Very cute!

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:33 pm

The sweet little thing looks totally shellshocked.

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:59 pm

More pics today.........
Seems like the yolk was absorbed, but the liner is still there.He's doing great and the 4"x2" tupperware container he's in looks like a 75 gallon right now lol.Hopefully he should start eating soon.

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:43 pm

Oh my, I didn't realize it's really tiny!

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:02 pm

I agree... setting next to the quarter I thought wow tiny, then in your hand I was really shocked

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:59 pm

Well stinkpots are one of the smallest breeds of turtles (4" fully grown) and this guy is REALLY tiny as you can see.He's about the size of my thumb nail lol.
Can't wait for the next one to hatch.

Website · Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:54 am

usually turtles finish their yolk sac and after a few days from their yolk sac they start eating. so for now they wont eat but later they will

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:53 am

blackforces get you wrote:usually turtles finish their yolk sac and after a few days from their yolk sac they start eating. so for now they wont eat but later they will

Yup,yup.....He already absorbed the yolk.Now waiting for him to eat.

Website · Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:47 am

good luck with your musk. you got a name for it?

musky sounds good

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:34 pm

Have you watched any of bauribob's vids on youtube? He's wonderful. He's got a beautiful mud/musk turtle tank. He actually just had two three stripe mud turtles hatch about a month and a half ago. You should look him up.

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:04 pm

I can't believe he's real! He's just so small, you know?
And I think I read somewhere that when they have their
yolk sac you shouldn't put them in water. But maybe I'm wrong?
You should double check just to be sure! Good luck with the cuties!

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:15 am

untsmurf wrote:Have you watched any of bauribob's vids on youtube? He's wonderful. He's got a beautiful mud/musk turtle tank. He actually just had two three stripe mud turtles hatch about a month and a half ago. You should look him up.

I know exactly who he is....He's a member on another site i'm a member on.It's a very nice tank with muds and musks.

ShellbyRES16x wrote:I can't believe he's real! He's just so small, you know?
And I think I read somewhere that when they have their
yolk sac you shouldn't put them in water. But maybe I'm wrong?
You should double check just to be sure! Good luck with the cuties!

I've hatched several turtles with success....you actually want to keep the yolk sack moist.In nature they hatch and go right for the water.

Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:30 pm

Yolk sac is gone......Now you can tell for sure he's a male.Notice the concave plastron.He was temperature hatched cause i have 2 adult females.Egg #2 still has not hatched.

Website · Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:00 pm

you have 2 adult musk's??

i wanna see that. and good luck with that little guy. how big do they get??

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