So Many Baby Turtles Are Hatching at Garden State Tortoise!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Hey friends! We hope you enjoy this video of the most egg-citing time of year here. If you’re interested in our babies for next year, be sure to use this link for all info and how to contact us: www.gardenstatetortoise.com/prepaid-preorders

[@z.b.kingfisher3340]

Congrats you TurtleDaddy!!!! 🐢

[@horsetuna]

Is there something I learned about that is called worm grunting. It's a method people use to collect worms to sell for fishing. They think it uses the same Science as the turtles

[@donzbarker-cross4330]

❤

[@keldaMouse]

OMG I can't wait until I am able to house a turtle or tortoise. So happy you are able to provide amazing pets and continue to share. You two are amazing.

[@matthewbarrett8285]

Hello, Can I ask what substrate you are using for the baby Hermanns? Thanks

[@AllisonYYZ]

Turtles and tortoises have been my favorite animals since childhood. Look at all of those sweet babies. l wanna hug all of them❤🎉😊🥹

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Happy to hear that!

[@gabrielrocha1557]

:65 X ❎ ​@@GardenStateTortoise

[@TheBFN]

And name them all George 😂

[@trELoadholt]

I have a Red-Footed Tortoise named Zumi, and I love it to bits! 🐢 🐢 🐢

[@AllisonYYZ]

@TheBFN lol that's for sure 👌

[@hiho8084]

So interesting that the wood turtle is as smart as, if not smarter than a rat and has problem solving skills. Fascinating watching them start their lives. I'm glad that they are thriving.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🙌🏻🐢❤️

[@TheTrainedFerret]

Thank you for taking such great care of them. I love that you are an ethical turtle breeder and proud of what you do.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you so much

[@meloneyparker]

I could play with those babies all day. They're all so adorable.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Haha it’s cuteness overload

[@joycedavis9996]

congrats to all the babies…a testament your hard work, dedication and caring 🐢💚🐢💚🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you!

[@sandyaw3057]

I would cry from happiness if I was able to see those precious babies! I’ve loved turtles and tortoises since I was a small child, I even had a few until they stopped selling them due to salmonella. I even knew to always wash my hands and not let them crawl on our kitchen table! Thank you so much for sharing your babies and knowledge with us. ❤

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you! Luckily the salmonella thing is blown way out of proportion and you basically have to stick the turtle in your mouth to get it. 😂

[@sandyaw3057]

@@GardenStateTortoise 😂😂

[@clvrcookie]

It makes sense to sell the baby turtles if Garden State Turtles wants to make enough revenue to sustain itself! Anyhow thank you for all the information you provide regarding the characteristics and care of turtles and tortoises. Thank you as well for showcasing North America's native turtle species. They never seem to get enough attention, even though they're just as beautiful and intricate as introduced species!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you so so much!

[@EstellaWhite-ws7gh]

Cute cute 😍

[@katlady567]

Beautiful little babies! I could watch them all day. 🥰

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Me too!!

[@jharbo1]

Oh my goodness, GST, there aren't enough cigars to go around to celebrate all your new babies!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Hahaha best comment ever

[@jenpink4298]

I love love love love baby season!❤

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Same!!!

[@cynthialbell9023]

Hi Chris All of the baby tortoises, and turtles are so precious. Very interesting that the wood turtles are smarter than rats. Wow that is a lot of baby tortoises, and turtles. Thanks for showing the differences between the baby tortoises, and turtles. ❤tortoises, and turtles. Have a wonderful day. Cindy

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you! You too!

[@joanfregapane8683]

Love seeing these babies!

[@Jenswildlife]

SO CUTE!!!❤

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🥹🐢❤️

[@herbamare740]

Oh my! I love them so much, I wish I could adopt them here in Ireland 🇮🇪 love you guys and what you guys do there! My Anakin is a yellow slider (?) and he is 19 years old. Meant for our sons when we adopted, now he's my pride and joy!Congrats on your new baby turtles and tourtoices 🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Hello! Thank you so much and keep up the good work with Anakin!

[@dawnmaclellan7831]

And the blandings have such sweet smiles 😂

[@mikedurhan9941]

Who the heck could not love a baby turtle? I sure love them...........

[@reptilez13]

Congrats on all the babies, especially the Wood Turtles! More captive born means better chance for the wild, endangered Wood Turtles. Let alone the other threatened species you guys are hatching like the Blandings etc!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

True words! Thank you so much

[@pegedey1291]

To see the babies❤ and that they can trick the earth worms!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🙌🏻🐢

[@k.6160]

That was so smart and interesting!

[@rickysmith9599]

Woohoo I’ve been waiting for baby turtle time

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Best time of year!

[@ArtThatElevatesTheSoul]

they are so cute! Like little bugs. Would love to have a dozen of them...but as Chris reminds us they get big! Love your videos on Sundays

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Glad you like them!

[@bkm2797]

Congratulations Chris, it's awesome having all those baby turtles and tortoises, mini versions are my favorite. Relieved to see you have a less shocking way to remove the leeches, what a shame that the snappers need to be moved. Thanks for the mini class Chris, see you next week!🐢❤️👍

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks so much! We’ll make sure the snappers are happy but yes, disappointed they can’t live in there anymore.

[@fluffymountainbunny]

Aww the baby turtle hatching in your hand *so* cute!

[@22RosesGrow]

They are all beautiful babies. Thank you for sharing.This is informative, thank you.Snapping turtles have been showing up in the local river this summer.

[@keepingfishiseasy]

I love turtle 🐢

[@emiserres]

Glyptemyyyyyyyyys

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you!

[@melg8475]

I love that they are just born into glitter 😊💖

[@GardenStateTortoise]

😊🙌🏻

[@jdamelines]

I personally get extremely excited with my 10-20 baby turtles/tortoises I hatch each year, I can’t imagine how awesome it is to hatch 100s like Chris does!!! Great Job Chris and Casey!

[@xrpfuturemillionaire]

Awe I love your videos so much

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@mikepetersen7319]

Congratulations! A great success!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks so much!

[@mvskokee918]

man i love northern woods

[@paulsmith8405]

I have a Herman's Tortoise but these turtles are Beautiful animals. I wish we had the right conditions in the UK to keep them.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Wood turtles would do well in the UK! They like Milder temps and love rain.

[@loriw2661]

Your videos are always a highlight of my week! And in this one we get soooo many babies!! Love it!🐢🐢❤️

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you so much Lori!

[@bethannyallain5395]

They are all so cute. Thank you for another great video 🎉🎉

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Glad you like them!

[@WildWavesofficial.]

Heartwarming as well informative content 😮 Thanks for sharing this with us. Keep bringing new topics like this.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

You got it!

[@em-agan]

I’m so glad that when I am finally in a place where I can have a tortoise set up, I can support yall and your proper breeding standards! I can’t wait for my tortoise future 😭💛🐢

[@erikadowdy2382]

They are BEAUTIFUL ❤ Ilove them ALL😊

[@GardenStateTortoise]

❤️🙌🏻🐢

[@robinheater1817]

Aww I’m so happy ❤🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

😊🙌🏻🐢

[@The_American_Gamer999]

Never seen theese species before they look interesting. Very small little turtles and tortoises 🥺🐢

[@brucewall6219]

Awesome Video.... Excited to get my baby easterns..... You are the only place I will get turtles/tortoises from. Great work guys!!!

[@osageoranges]

I could spend all day looking at the babies! GST makes me miss south jersey!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

😊❤️🐢

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

You are 100 percent bring back turtle pops. Thank you.

[@fredvomlehn8457]

My favorite time of year!! Awesome!!

[@laurabentzinger200]

Hooray congratulations 🎊 so adorable

[@robertshrewsbury5067]

Enjoyed your interest, enthusiasm and creativity in solutions.

[@wendypiner6852]

They are beautiful!

[@cohenandgarrison]

Cutest turtle ever!!!❤❤❤

[@DesignsByKayla]

Omg I'm so excited! I can't wait for my Western babies!❤❤❤

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🙌🏻

[@lovebugsg84]

😂thank you for feeding them three meals a day.. Only you can do that. Have a awesome week.. That's too overwhelming for us.. 😅😅

[@GardenStateTortoise]

I’m a little confused, what am I feeding 3 meals to a day?

[@sandyaw3057]

@@GardenStateTortoise It’s a AI bot 🙄😠

[@tasteytac3344]

This is so egg-citing. 🎉😂🐢

[@GardenStateTortoise]

😂🙌🏻🐢

[@luadeisesoaresdefreitas5088]

Parabéns, são lindas , bem tratadas e cheias de amor

[@YochevedDesigns]

Your shirt could not be more appropriate right now! 😂🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

[@mskouds]

you can put as much salt as you want, worms get into the substrate where salt or any other chemical cant get in and they just stay there until water naturally just gets normal and they come up again.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Part of the reason we decided to not do it. They’re simply there and that’s it.

[@BillCoz]

I'd love to find blanding's turtle hatchlings in the wild, I've only ever seen adults, who sometimes cruise through my yard. Blanding's were always one of my favorites.

[@tfarbes]

I love this ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thanks!

[@suran396]

I voted for your enclosure! I didn't know it was yours but it was my favorite! I wish I could have seen it in person.

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

Awww all the babies! Btw, I voted for your enclosure! I think it was by far the best! I also liked 1, but I voted for the build that I truly thought was the best, and that was yours, without a doubt!

[@sharondickinson3837]

One of my favorite times of the year, Daddy Chris season 💙

[@GardenStateTortoise]

😂😂😂🙌🏻

[@marybeth4518]

Love the hat ❤

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you 😊

[@saharalhousain3781]

3:45 why is this so cuteee😭💕

[@Beowulfsbane]

I came from your tiktok account and your videos never disappoint! I love turtles and tortoises. Some people don’t realize how much personality these guys can have. They are amazing creatures. I have an eastern painted turtle!

[@JoelRoblo]

I love turtles and your video

[@jeanconneely3602]

Great video as usual ❤ thanku

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

Yay!!!!!!! Babies!!!!!!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🙃

[@graciel3725]

Ive followed for a long time on FB. Just found you on YT!!

[@LadyKEM]

I love all the babies! Leeches really freak me out though. I think it comes from watching the Great Panda Adventure as a kid

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Yeah they get me too to be honest

[@Salhofaalmahboba]

❤i love you turtle 🐢❤

[@BoltonClaudia]

Another educational and beautiful video. Thank you! Can’t wait to get my baby Hermann’s from GST 💜

[@BoltonClaudia]

Oh my gosh! Look at the Hermann’s babies!!

[@debbeasher-k4764]

Cool. 🎉😊Love it.❤

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Awesome 😎

[@Lisa-qy3bp]

❤❤ there soo cute 😊

[@scottprather5645]

It's turtlemania 😆😆😆

[@kevinpoe8137]

I think an interesting video idea would be a video on the various extinct turtle and tortoises species of North America, since there’s so little information on them

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Great idea!

[@tfarbes]

Cute 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@GardenStateTortoise]

❤️🐢

[@Iris_Germany]

Baaaabiiieees ❤

[@sandyaw3057]

Oh wow…my mother’s side comes from Sicily! There’s paisan tortoises! 😂

[@GardenStateTortoise]

There ya go!

[@rebekkariblet4500]

🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢💚💚

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🐢🐢🐢🐢🙌🏻

[@mvskokee918]

I hope i can keep my northerns outside. It can get hot here during the summer though.

[@DeboraHeller-f6y]

I love turtles of all kind. Ever since I was a child, my sister and her friends one time went down to the corner bargain store not that it was right well, I was only young stole all them little tiny sliders and brought them up to me, I was a static. I love them so much. I did my very, very best to take care of them and love them, I don’t remember what happened to him but ever since then I was addicted to turtles tortoises or my favorite when my son was young. He got a baby snapping turtle from the pet shop not knowing how big it was going to grow. I can’t tell you how many tanks that we went through for him, he was 13 years old when I found him swollen in the tank we had him outside in his pool the day before and there were a lot of wasps around the water of course and I’m thinking maybe he swallowed a wasp and maybe his stroke got swollen because there was no reason why he should’ve diedhe never snapped me when I thought that I could feed him hamburger by hand but when I scream he let go so many people told me I was very lucky now I know he knew my voice and that he loved me. Thank you for sending these videos that I can enjoy now that I’m older and really can’t be taking care of tortoises lol

[@Hal-yc9jd]

Cute

[@rmraiders24]

I want some of those baby turtles

[@williamfairchild8119]

I've all ways loved reptiles especially turtles. Also snakes and alligators. Snakes go fast with no legs and alligators are leftover dinasors.

[@keigilmore1569]

Honus!!!😎

[@thebloodyenglish6620]

Question in regards to how Wood Turtles attract earth worms. Is it proven that the vibrations mimic rain rather than moles in their case? I'm only wondering as I know for a long time people thought worm charming sticks attracted worms to the surface by making the worms think its raining but from my understanding it's now believed that the vibrations mimic the vibrations moles make an so the worms come to the surface to flee from them. Just wondering if its possible something similar is happening with Wood turtles? Or has the vibrations they make been compated to mole & rain vibrations and proven (or at least significantly support) that the vibrations are at a frequency closer to rain then moles? Either way they're still a very cool species!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Great question. The studies on wood turtles all suggest it’s to mimic rain but they’re also pretty old studies now so, I can’t be completely sure on that.

[@gemertje]

When do we see the spotted turtles again? Long time no see

[@Richard_and_Heather]

So many great species of turtles. I am a huge fan of what you do at Garden State Tortoises. I would love a new pet turtle for educational purposes. Could I contact you about that? Richard from Arkansas

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Thank you!! Link in the pinned comment for that!

[@stevenwindham4049]

Raise them to be ninja turtles

[@stampinturtles]

❤🐢🙏🏻Love the babies. How can you tell them apart?

[@GardenStateTortoise]

After so many years doing this it becomes easy 😊

[@chrisbaker7302]

Thanks for answering where all these little guys go. Do most go to places likeGST

[@GardenStateTortoise]

You’re very welcome, some do some go to just serious keepers

[@garrettjones8448]

So what you are saying is that TMNT was accurate because you’ve got wood turtles who are as smart as 🐀 and the TNMT’s father was a rat named Splinter. “Oh yeah! It’s all coming together” -Kronk

[@MultiPetercool]

You need to get Otis a girlfriend. Imagine a box of baby Otises!

[@GardenStateTortoise]

One day! It’s gotta be just right for that to happen.

[@Laurastars72]

Our local zoo, the living, desert, hatches out disease free desert tortoise babies, and return them to our area desert throughout California and Arizona. We work with the Air Force Base and 29 palms marine base also the San Diego zoo.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Incredible.

[@JoLeoTA79]

Im pretty sure those Herman’s tortoises are from New Jersey. But seriously my father used to tell me stories from when he was a kid visiting his family Sicily he would see Herman’s tortoises all over their vineyard.

[@Carolinareptilecenter]

I love the outdoor pond! How do you keep predators like raccoons from scooping up the turtles? Is it more then 4 ft deep?

[@matemc6459]

Dalmatian turtle 🤝🏼, but also every is nice and pretty.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

🙌🏻🐢

[@mariehawkins9154]

I have one female Hermann tortoise Tornado and one male Tank, i think they are both Dalmatians. They are 4 years old now.

[@GardenStateTortoise]

Nice!

[@Devthebrand]

I ❤ turned

[@GardenStateTortoise]

❤️

[@sharonwaller6716]

Lovely. I've just hatched 6 baby Herman's for the first time. I'm gutted as I had 5 more eggs all fertile but my fan on my incubator broke at the temp went upto 59c. For about 5 mins. My question is will the survive they where due to hatch in 2 weeks 😢

[@Healing__Time-t7s]

How long were the baby turtles in the incubator after hatching?

[@Daniel_B_23]

Can you please do a video on the subspecies of all western Hermann’s tortoises?! Please! Thank you!