update on my turtle eggs........

[bob1961]

in a post a little ways back the beginning of june about the snapping turtle laying hers eggs across the street from my house.....well they are all doing just fine just got done spotting them with a flashlight....and even saw two of them moving around in there shells....i'm going to try to biuld a light box and see if i can get some pics of the turtles inside the eggs and post them for ya all...........................bob

 

You must not have any racoons around there. We live on a lake in NW Louisiana and have hundreds of turtles, including huge snappers, laying eggs in our yard every spring and early summer---BUT, the racoons dig them up and eat them as soon as they are laid.....all we are left with is hundreds of holes to fill in!

 

[bob1961]

yeah we do but somehow they still make it....over the past 4 years since we've been here i've come across about 7 or 8 hatches that i've just missed.....there's one spot on the beach at our community that always has turtles using it to lay her eggs just missed her this year......................bob

 

[musketman]

Just what have you and those turtles been up to, Bob?

 

[bob1961]

one turtle has hatched out and number 2 is on it's way out so far....will get some pics soon as possible.....................bob

 

[musketman]

one turtle has hatched out and number 2 is on it's way out so far....will get some pics soon as possible.....................bob

Is it a boy or a girl?

Where are the cigars?

 

[bob1961]

check out our web site for a movie and some baby pic's....try the link......................bob

http://users.ltis.net/mookitty/myweb10/turtles.htm

 

[musketman]

Are they Turtlely enough for you?

But really Bob, nice thing you have done there, giving back to nature and all... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Almost earns yourself a hug from a PETA member, almost... :crackup:

 

[bob1961]

But really Bob, nice thing you have done there, giving back to nature and all... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Almost earns yourself a hug from a PETA member, almost... :crackup:

as long as they don't pee down my back at the same time and try to tell me it's raining out :imo: ...........................bob

 

[musketman]

On a serious side, what are the fates of your turtle-ets?

Will you be releasing them into a local stream?

Make for a fine ending to your turtle saga... (pictures included)

 

[bob1961]

there going to go back in the pond that mama came from....it's about 5 acres in size and deep enough to hide them by time the winter is here....will surely have some more pics for sure............................bob

 

[bob1961]

so far 37 out of 51 eggs have hatched out....two look like they were infertle from the the start....two died coming out of the egg :cry: ....there yoke sac was bigger then they were and not moving to much....i guess they were not ready to hatch yet and came out too soon..............................bob

 

[Stumpkiller]

two died coming out of the egg ....there yoke sac was bigger then they were and not moving to much....

Hmmmm? Wonder if they'd taste like soft shell crab iffen you deep fried them? Oops. Heh. Good to hear the little buggers is toddling out to the pond. Keep your eye on the herons and the raccoons.

 

[Slowpoke]

I'm getting hungry !!!! Turtle like possum makes a mighty fine etouffee.

S'Poke

 

[bob1961]

update that to 40 out of there shells now....the first one out of the shell we put it in the tank we have set up with a filter and a rock so they can get out of the water if they want to.....we put it on the rock and it rocketed it to the water real fast....he looks real neat in the water at bout 1" long..........................bob

 

[bob1961]

well all is said and done now i think....out of 51 eggs 6 died after they hatched....7 eggs never hatched yet after 3 days since the last one came out....and 38 in the water tank now just jamming around and all with the additude of the big turtles....still waiting for hunt101 to finish up there system upgrades so i can upload some pics of them in the tank and some of there release back to nature for ya all....................................bob

 

[bulletman]

Dont forget to name all 38 before releasing to the wild. Just incase you run across them again. :crackup:

 

[Zonie]

I think there is some irony in all of this.

Here we are, a bunch of wierd gun nuts and heartless hunters gathered around the personal computer tube waiting to see how the baby turtles are doing while the PETA people are meeting to develop plans to let farm raised Mink and chickens out of their cages and make as much noise as they can in the hunting areas to scare off the game.
Don't forget the Sierra Club members who are out driving nails into the trees, blocking off back roads and filing law suits to stop everything and anything they can think of.

It's rather obvious who REALLY cares about the wildlife. :applause: :applause: :applause:

 

[Stumpkiller]

You can't change yer nature. I hate bluejays - miserable little snitches always trying to spoil a hunt. But when I found two stupid little squawky ping-pong ball sized, gape mouthed beasts under a maple tree in our yard, didn't I just box then up and raise the fool things for a month on my back porch, all the while cuffing my two cats upside the ears when they got close. (The co-op suggested Tang & peanut butter as a baby formula - worked fine). I even went out and dug worms to drop into those perpetually opened beaks. For years after, Wilbur and Orvil would return and stand there gaping and squawking on the back porch railing when I went out. I hate bluejays.

There's just something hardwired inside our heads that says "help the weak - unless you're hungry".

I'm sure that's how cows, sheep, horses, pigs, dogs and cats came into our houses. Who would put up with a human infant if there wasn't some involuntary mechanism to keep you from strangling the living sh*t out of one of those screaming, smelly ox snots?

 

[bob1961]

it just goes to show ya that you always don't have to kill everything thats in front of ya....and i think there's a soft spot in ya after all....you know how poeple have there little cows or pigs or dogs or cat things all around the house....salt and pepper shakers, napkin holders, magnats on the frig, cookie jar of the cow they like....well my favorite animal is the whitetail deer....they just don't make all the stuff like they do with the cows and pigs....just some nice statues and plates is all i have here.................................bob