She only laid two eggs. One hatched (the one on the right). I am pretty sure the one on the left was non-viable. Note the soft material in the one second from the top. Also, that shell had a bluish color and not as big as the other one. I could be wrong - maybe that's the yoke sac left behind...
Great news! We found one hatch-ling this morning! My friend cut his lawn yesterday and removed the wire cage. We had just about given up on them, but checked this morning to find this little beauty. Whether others hatched out between yesterday and this morning is unknown. The wire cage was...
The cage is spiked very tightly to the ground with end rods and one more in the middle on each side of it. The only known varmint to check it out was a groundhog that looked at it like "huh?", then wandered away. Mom was first observed digging around 7PM and was still at it at 1045PM when I...
Back on June 17th, a Spotted Turtle was seen nesting in a friends back yard (sloping lawn area). We put out a wire cage protector over it to keep away predators. Still no action as we approach Day 80. And the nest site is overgrown with crab grass, etc. Wondering if, in another week, we should...