15 free eastern box hatchlings

[stojanovski92113]

How's the box turtles doing? The weather in MI has been horrendous!!!!! Negatives everyday!

 

[krb1093]

Sorry, just seen the posts!!! Absolutely wonderful all 15 have made it. I'LL try to update pics. Sometimes it won't let me

 

[bouaboua]

Yeah! ! !

Love to see the update! ! !

 

[stojanovski92113]

I'm glad they are doing great!! Would love to see some pics

 

[jskahn]

Taking care of them and releasing them in a safe place in the spring is what I would do. I am not sure if it is legal to re-release turtles, or not.

 

[krb1093]

It's not letting me post pics!saying I don't have permission to perform this action! I'LL keep trying

 

[krb1093]

Any recommendations on how to get the pics to go through?

 

[stojanovski92113]

Let's ask @Yvonne G why it's not going through. I've had this happen as well a while ago.

 

[krb1093]

Great thanks

 

[Sanchez]

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?

So did you find these on/near your own property? Let them go in the spring if you did.

Painted and Snappers are pretty adaptable, that's one of the reasons. Box turtles are way more likely to be on a road than a painted or snapper, which is a big part of their population decline. But box turtles are elusive; they hide, they burrow, etc. Like with lots of wildlife, just because you don't see them it doesn't mean they aren't there.

 

[tortdad]

Its illegal to release them back into wild after being in captivity due to possible diseases and they could sperd to wild population

I do believe we've said that already. Would you care to share with us the proper way for the OP to correct the situation?

 

[mike taylor]

No body is supporting illegal crap check my post . What we don't support is rude demanding people . We like to help out with in the law . But we don't make demands of people . You came off rude . Thats the problem .

 

[Yvonne G]

(...and using run-on sentences with no punctuation makes it damned hard to read and understand what you're trying to say)