Apr
30
It’s egg-laying season for the majority of our turtles and tortoises and there are eggs to be dug up everywhere! Today alone we got Cuora flavomarginatas, spotted turtles, redfoot tortoises, Nicaraguan wood turtles, and albino red-eared sliders.
Digging eggs is a morning and evening ritual every day of the week now for the next several months. Which means for us: massive hangnails, dirty/broken fingernails, and lacerations on the finger tips. Why do we have these problems? It is very important that we hand dig the eggs as using a shovel puts the eggs at risk for being broken. It’s tough work but it pays off when you see a cute little face with an egg-tooth looking out at you on hatch day 
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