turtle rescue and hatching

I'm glad to see you've kept the orientation of the eggs the same, I have also heard that if you remove them and turn them they won't develop. It will be interesting to hear how this turns out, I'm wishing you success!

I would encourage anyone on this list to take a look at the blog and see what's going on with the Mitchell Creek bridge, if there's anyone with an interest in turtles and can take a look at the site and document more sightings of the stinkpot turtles, I'm sure it would be of help.

We've only seen a couple of turtles come out of our lake this year to lay eggs, and none have been successful. We try to be careful to steer clear when we see them digging so as not to disturb them. When one does manage to lay a clutch, what we've been doing is lay a large stone or board over the nest for a coupe of days, give the cover a little shot of ammonia, that way the raccoons don't find it. After a few days the "fresh dug" scent has settled down and we remove the cover and let nature take its course.

I'm going to have to do away with my one little patch of rock garden, just cover it over with stones and put a big flowerpot there. Every year a big snapper INSISTS on laying her eggs in it, flinging my plants every which way. This was NOT a traditional egg laying spot, it used to be bare rock, I had propped a few large stones to form a little wall, filled it with soil, made a planting surface of about 30 inches in diameter. Turtles love it. Maybe next year (if I think of it) I'll just leave it, let the turtle lay eggs, then put a few small pots in between, and see if the eggs hatch.

Speaking of flowers, that reminds me, must go get the replacements out of my truck. We had planted a whole row of salvia for the hummingbirds, and the darned snowshoe hare took a liking to them, munched them all down. It will now become a row of impatiens, so far they haven't seemed to bother those.

Rose-Marie, Perth Road Village
 

About ten years ago I unearthed a nest of turtle eggs while digging out a compost pile. Some rolled down the hill, the rest we gathered up and transferred to a tub to try and hatch. At the time of gathering I had no idea about orientation or turning and 50% of the clutch hatched. I am sure that these points are important, after all 50% did not hatch, but they may not be fatal.
 

I hope you have a permit, because otherwise what you are doing is illegal under the provincial Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act and Endangered Species Act, as well as under the federal Species at Risk Act! Map and musk turtles are designated as species at risk both provincially and nationally, and I believe there are restrictions on keeping wild animals in captivity (this would apply to the snapping turtles).

My advice would be to stop digging up turtle eggs!! Then, speak with a Conservation Officer to find out if you are permitted by law to protect turtle nests through non-invasive methods. They can then direct you to people who can provide advice on fencing natural nests, camouflaging the scent of nests, etc. That is how most Species at Risk Recovery teams operate; it is only on rare occasions that sensitive wildlife are protected through propagation and captive breeding.

Please e-mail or call me to discuss. I'm quite concerned that you are not aware of the implications of your "project" both legally and from the perspective of helping turtles, and I would appreciate hearing your story.

Carolyn
 

We have contacted the conservation officers and will keep you posted.
 

I've never been rained on by a painted turtle--got to meet a Blanding's on the road yesterday, but it moved off with such alacrity I didn't have an excuse to pick it up--more's the pity.
 

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