r/TurtleFacts • u/BeatByAGirlxxx • Jun 22 '20
Just found this turtle in my backyard .. dug a hole and made eggs.. does this turtle need water ??
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u/healeys23 Jun 22 '20
Also, you can protect the nest from animals in the meantime. These are directions for how to make a more permanent nest protector but I’m sure you could just rig something up in the meantime to keep the eggs safe from scavengers.
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u/Baconator278163 Jun 22 '20
If a conservation group can’t really help or take the eggs a good idea is to build a little protective fence around the nest area so no one steps on it
We had a massive snapping turtle lay eggs in our yard so we protected it and a little while later about 40 little babies all cane squirming out so we picked them up and put them in a nice swampy area away from the road
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 22 '20
How long do they usually take to hatch? I read somewhere it takes about 70-120 days
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u/Baconator278163 Jun 22 '20
I don’t know for sure, it’s usually different for each turtle but that amount sounds about right. When they hatch you’ll know because they burrow up out of the ground and start moving around
Edit: it’s around 72 days for painted slider turtles, which that one looks like :)
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u/Throwaway46676 Jun 22 '20
So beautiful 😍
I know it’s tempting to touch or interact, but it’s better to keep your distance and look but not touch
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Aug 17 '20
Hey OP! Whats the status on the turt?
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Aug 17 '20
Still haven’t come out yet . My dog the other day knew something was there and digged unfortunately and opened 2 eggs :( the rest are safe and I hid them under dirt again and covered around it but I seen in the egg he destroyed a whole fetus !! Lol pretty cool but I know now they aren’t dead and are growing ! I’ll deff post pics once they are out
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u/Titus_Favonius Aug 19 '20
Did you just cover them back up or did you move them at all? I've read that a short amount of time after the egg is laid the embryo attaches to the top of the egg, and if placed upside-down or sideways the embryo can detach from the shell and die. It's recommended that if you have to move them you mark the top of the egg so you can replace it without harming the embryo.
You may want to fence in the area the eggs are buried - something like this
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Aug 19 '20
I actually didn’t touch or move them at all. I only touched the 2 that already died from my dog . The others were all stuck together still. I only poked at it to feel it then just buried it back up lol. And I did cover them up good this time
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u/NapalmForBreakfast Jun 23 '20
Any ideas on how old that turtle might be?
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 23 '20
No I haven’t seen her all day .. hopefully she’s still around so I can take her back :(
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u/stoprunwizard Jun 23 '20
Looks like a painted turtle, we could tell better if you took another photo of her belly. What region are you in?
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 23 '20
I didn’t really want to pick it up . But it had orange stripes on its face and neck when I looked. I’m in NY
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u/BasharAtreus Jun 23 '20
Give us an update when you can, please! Curious if the turtle or the eggs will make it. :)
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 23 '20
Well someone confirmed that eggs take about 70 days to hatch... so I will hopefully try and keep them safe by then if they are alive due to mom being stressed and laying eggs somewhere new like someone else said . I have a lot of coyotes and hawks and foxes in my area so hopefully the babies are safe I’ll try making a little cage like thing over it . But I will try and keep you updated
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Jul 12 '20
!remindme 70 days
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u/whatdafukman Jun 23 '20
That looks like a box turtle. Never take them out of their habitat. They stay in a 40-60 acre area their whole lives and if they are taken away from their home they will spend the rest of their lives looking for it.
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 23 '20
I think it’s another type of turtle because it didn’t look anything like a box turtle to me but that’s sad :( I’ve been trying to wait for the turtle to come back so I can bring her back but no sign
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u/whatdafukman Jun 23 '20
Try to make a taped off spot around the nest to discourage predators but also to where the babies can get out when they hatch.
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 23 '20
Yea I’m gonna be doing this ima try buying wood and fencing to make a little nest ontop
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 23 '20
Here’s the video by the way .. hopefully it will make you sleep better at night knowing I’m not lying about a damn turtle in my backyard who laid eggs.. smh
Ps ignore the “he” I was excited.
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 23 '20
? Based on my post history? Lol I post about shoes mostly what are you talking about. This is obviously my first encounter ever with a wild turtle .. why would I be Cappin.... ? And clearly you can see the dirt on its shell from digging.. I even have a video but it’s on my Snapchat of catching it while it was showing . I can try to export the video but I don’t understand why I would lie ? Lol
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u/BeatByAGirlxxx Jun 23 '20
She seriously ordered a scarf and received Nike shoes . I don’t know what to tell you?.. if you think it’s a lie then ok I can’t force you to believe me lol but it did happen . And I own a lot of Nike shoes because I’m a sneaker head and purchase them?. I wouldn’t purchase a big ass sneaker just cu and make up a fake post for karma .. I actually lost a bunch of karma for it .. never deleted the post lol cuz it wasn’t fake. So you can go to bed now and leave me alone over a turtle post 😂
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u/mellowman24 Jun 22 '20
If its laying eggs it's there for a reason. It knows what it's doing and where to go to get back to where it lives. Just leaving it alone and it will be fine. Looks like a slider of some type, so yeah they live in water.