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How's the box turtles doing? The weather in MI has been horrendous!!!!! Negatives everyday!
So did you find these on/near your own property? Let them go in the spring if you did.Thanks for everyone's responses. All are well and doing great. At this point I think I will just release them in the spring. Highs have only been low 50's and 30's at night. Michigan won't allow shipping of eastern or I'd LOVE to send them to loving homes. We have 60 acres and last year eastern seemed to be doing good. This year only seen the two. I think last winter killed A LOT!!!!! WE have snappers and painted turtles like crazy. They use our sandy trails to lay their eggs. At times in the late spring / summer I'm taking 5-6 babies a day to the lake or swampy areas across the street. How can those two breeds thrive in large numbers but not eastern other than laying more eggs than eastern?
Its illegal to release them back into wild after being in captivity due to possible diseases and they could sperd to wild population