Rural Gardening: THEY HATCHED!!!!, 1 by smedgekles

smedgekles wrote:
Rememer a while back I posted pictures of a momma turtle laying her eggs. We had been waiting for them to hatch and wondering if they would with the conditions so hot and dry here. We figured they would hatch the end of August. Just last evening my husband and I took a walk around the pond and the area they were layed was still the same, no hole, no progress we could see. This morning my son walked around the pond and a while later he came back holding a baby turtle. He said the little guy had his head sticking out of a hole and came out. He said there were two more he could see in the hole.

Since it has been so dry here, the pond is pretty dried up in areas and is in the process of getting dug out deeper, so the area they were on the trail has mounds of dirt close and the pond area is mostly dried up. We didn't want them wondering off to nothingness and not finding the water, so we have taken them and put them in a tank habitat. We will probably release them on the far side of the pond that still has quite a bit of water.By the way, there ended up being 4 total.

Thought I'd share the pictures with you.