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Thanks all for your ideas we ended up going with the netting to keep birds away from plants. Here is a picture, Tom and Scrapper are so happy crawling all over their new home.

How bold are Hawks when it comes to snatching a turtle out of the enclosure up next to the house? The new one we built is quite large and doesn’t have a cover but lots of plants and wind chimes hanging. Anyone have any thoughts on this. Here is a picture of one hawk always hanging out in the...

I’m going to miss seeing him out and about in the yard, really enjoying the rain lately.

Interesting, thanks for always new information. :)

My cat loves to watch the turtles when they come out to eat

Congratulations! It is such a cool experience

So my curiosity got the best me and i had to know what the other eggs were doing and to see the little one. Glad I did because all the other shells were either deflated or a hole in them. There was one with a partial baby that i thought was hatching but it was not alive. So there was about eight...

She has laid two nest right to each other and I just checked on the other one and there is a baby starting to come out it’s shell so I covered it back up.

Ok shall I do that at night

I don’t want to keep them I want to let them be wild how do I do that and still protect them as babies

There are still eggs and I only see one baby it’s smaller than a quarter . I’m hoping Eric or Yvonne can give some advice. This is a first for me they are backyard wild turtles.

Oh my I’m just so excited can I dig them up and see how many there are.

so I’ve just discovered that the eggs have hatched I checked on them and saw movement and found one baby. Do I take the little cage off and just let them wander off or shall I wait ti tonight.

Hahaha so your a crazy turtle lady too! My kids and husband call me that as well. And yes I feel lucky ,this is the first time I’ve ever experienced this! Fun Fun

Interesting, this turtle searched all week for a place to lay her eggs again and she chose a spot right next to the last nest. And after research it says they can lay several clutches. Also I think she is the only female left in my back yard as they all come and go but now it is her and a gulf...

This morning I saw a snake right next to the turtle pen. And I know I shouldn’t pick and choose but I really don’t want snakes hanging around. Anyway to detour them from the pen?

Love the cat litter box idea !

:) well that would pose problem because I feed the squirrels and the birds but my husband did make a type of cage with the hardware cloth. We placed it over the nest and anchored it to the ground as best we could. We will see. Thank you on your thought about the hardware cloth,,,,,,the whole...

I had the wonderful gift last night of watching one of my back yard turtles make her nest and lay eggs. She has been searching for days and I would watch her dig and dig only to leave it and go on. Yesterday was different she started at 5:30 and finished up around 9:30. If I hadn’t watched her I...

Oh my how exciting!