Hello,
Being part of a rescue it is really not our thing to allow breeding here (sulcatas & DT's mostly), but we have a small group of box turtles here who after a few years of being together have now done the deed of digging the hole, packing the nest, and finally going off to bed for the night. We saw from early stages of packing the nest back and off to bed, so we do not know how many eggs - I guess even if there really is an egg. The behavior was it - I promise that
Box turtles are not a problem for our rescue at all at this time, but I still left the egg(s) right there in the ground where she put them. The hole was packed back in, but did not look very covered - first time doing the egg deed - LOL. I added a thin layer of some organic top soil, a layer of some Spanish moss, and finally an upside down clay pot over the complete nest, plus some. The climate is based off of 91384 (Southern California inland and mostly hot at this time of the year).
Any opinions on what I may find in time - when should I start looking under the pot and how often when I do. OR is this a 100% waste of time? Opinions from someone who has done outside boxie eggs would be great. Honestly we are okay either way. The rescue world keeps us more than busy.
Thank you for sharing
Being part of a rescue it is really not our thing to allow breeding here (sulcatas & DT's mostly), but we have a small group of box turtles here who after a few years of being together have now done the deed of digging the hole, packing the nest, and finally going off to bed for the night. We saw from early stages of packing the nest back and off to bed, so we do not know how many eggs - I guess even if there really is an egg. The behavior was it - I promise that
Box turtles are not a problem for our rescue at all at this time, but I still left the egg(s) right there in the ground where she put them. The hole was packed back in, but did not look very covered - first time doing the egg deed - LOL. I added a thin layer of some organic top soil, a layer of some Spanish moss, and finally an upside down clay pot over the complete nest, plus some. The climate is based off of 91384 (Southern California inland and mostly hot at this time of the year).
Any opinions on what I may find in time - when should I start looking under the pot and how often when I do. OR is this a 100% waste of time? Opinions from someone who has done outside boxie eggs would be great. Honestly we are okay either way. The rescue world keeps us more than busy.
Thank you for sharing