What an interesting post! I saw a documentary about turtles that told me removing a turtle from its birth place confuses them for the rest of their lives, and they walk around trying to find that place from that point on. Territorial in the sense they only want to live in their birth place. I love this community! Luminita from MN, I have only seen snappers and painted turtles here, but there seem to be a few others as well ( wood turtle, soft shell, Northern map) On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 7:42 PM Bulb Exchange! <bulbexchange@gmail.com> wrote: > Turtle eggs remain viable for some time in roadkill females. > > Buy a Hovabator. Set it to 84F. Turtle eggs cannot be turned once laid, so > dont touch them. (You can mark the top with a pencil if it helps). > Maintain high humidity in the incubator. > > Its morbid, but eggs can be removed from roadkill females and incubated to > hatching (8 weeks). 84F will give about an even mix of males and females. > > I used to do this EVERY YEAR with diamondback terrapins killed along roads > in South Jersey as a kid. > > This should absolutely be done whenever possible for a plethora of obvious > reasons. If the females are hit already....this can ONLY help. > > Release the babies... > > Contact me privately with questions, comments, concerns or complaints. > > Albert > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 8:07 PM Mark Mazer <markemazer@gmail.com> wrote: > > > " I wonder if there are any other friends-of-the-box-turtle on this > > list." Yup. We almost always stop and move them off of the road when we > > see them. There are several old timers near the house on the farm that > > have been seen repeatedly over the years. It's one reason we keep the > > lawnmower set at 3.5 inches. Rehoming is fraught with problems and is > > quite stressful on them. Best to return the rescues back to the location > > where they were found. They are very territorial. > > > > Mark Mazer > > Belvidere, NC 27919 > > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 6:18 PM Jim McKenney via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > Congratulations, Nick. That's what I like about bulbs: they are always > > > teaching us something - or at any rate making us wonder why things > happen > > > the way they do.On to another topic: Judy mentioned box turtle eggs in > a > > > post today. Did you get eggs this year? I wonder if there are any other > > > friends-of-the-box-turtle on this list. I have plans to build a box > > turtle > > > pen in the far back of the garden (adjacent to the local major park > which > > > has or used to have box turtles). The pen will be designed so that > > > potential predators (mainly raccoons, which we have in abundance) will > > not > > > be able to get to the box turtles but any hatchlings will be able to > get > > > through openings in the screening and wander off into the woods. And > > where > > > will I get the adult box turtles? I'm going to contact local wildlife > > > rescue groups in the hope that they occasionally get injured box > > turtles, > > > turtles not deemed likely to survive back in the wild. I can provide a > > > great home for them, and maybe help replenish the local population. > > > Jim MdKenneyMontgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7. where box > > > turtles used to be very common - sadly, that's no longer true. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…