View Full Version : nnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! !!!!!!
cam191919
07-07-2008, 3:51 PM
wwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyy
im so stupid, i should have seen it coming. but he escaped through the bars, and is where he belongs, i suppose. god speed, little boxy, god speed
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cam191919
07-07-2008, 3:53 PM
for those who didnt understand, my box turtle egg must of hatched, and he escaped thro the bars in his outdoor pen. i couldent imagine him to be so tiny. i searched for about an hour now, but all i got was about a hundred ant bites. hopefully ther will be more in the future, and my little contribution will live a long, healthy life
The Zigman
07-07-2008, 3:54 PM
will it return to its Momma? Maybe its still in there... but being soooooo tiny its hard to see?
got2envy
07-07-2008, 3:56 PM
bummer :(
cam191919
07-07-2008, 3:57 PM
i looked everywhere, and thers alot of junk that he could hide out under, but no turtle. hopefully he'll stay around
ooh no!!!!!! That sucks!!! Maybe he will stay near an ample food source...I hope you find that little thing!
cam191919
07-07-2008, 4:13 PM
it has to have been in the last three days, my guess is 2 days ago. i think ill see him again, i mean where else is he going to go. kinda sad tho, first reptile iv ever succesfully bred :(
come to think of it, iv seen a similar egg before. maybe my three have been helping the population here all along. the last one iv seen was two years ago, and she was the mother. that makes me feel better
i wonder how long it will be until ther are more eggs
Vicious_Fish
07-07-2008, 9:16 PM
Well congrats are in order! I really didn't think the eggs had incubated that long but I guess so. It usually takes between 50 and 80 days for the eggs to hatch. Obviously warmer temperatures incubate the eggs faster. Now I just hope the fire ants leave the baby alone.
SchizotypalVamp
07-07-2008, 9:54 PM
:(:( I really hope he miraculously is found alive
cam191919
07-07-2008, 11:42 PM
Well congrats are in order! I really didn't think the eggs had incubated that long but I guess so. It usually takes between 50 and 80 days for the eggs to hatch. Obviously warmer temperatures incubate the eggs faster. Now I just hope the fire ants leave the baby alone.
thats exactly why i wasnt prepared, i was thinking i had a month to spare. but the egg was out of it hole, cracked open perfectly, and i just checked it. its definatly a boy, with these tempertures
cam191919
07-08-2008, 3:48 PM
i found another egg, buried in a different place. i made it completly escape proof. i dont know when she layed it, but ill keep checking on it
its the little white dot in the top right. its in a concrete statue base i found
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That's good news! I hope you find the other one!
cam191919
07-08-2008, 4:15 PM
it was raining today, so i thought it might bring the little guy out of wherever hes hiding, but nope
Andrew7769
07-08-2008, 11:18 PM
yes they are only about the size of a quarter when they hatch, and considering that they are adept diggers is there anyway he could have escaped that way? if you want to keep him around try leaving shallow pools of water and maybe some treats out for him and maybe you will catch a glimpse
cam191919
07-08-2008, 11:25 PM
no, she layed it in a little rabbit cage. the bar spacing was too big, and the entire cage is made of chicken wire. i closed the cage up so no one would mess with it, but i reopened it and shes been in ther. ther might be more in the other spot, but ill just have to wait to see
cam191919
07-13-2008, 11:48 AM
now im pissed. this is some bs. they were completlys surrounded, barracaded in, even if they had dug out, no holes, no burrows, nothing. this was last night this happened. just checked them yesterday. either these things are escape artists, or somthing else is happening to them
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, im mad
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im going to look some more
Birds? Looks like a pecked shell on the right.
Q
cam191919
07-13-2008, 8:14 PM
no way, on top of the thing they were in, i had a cynder block. and when i took the eggs out, ants swarmed them, meaning that they hadent already found them. no sign of mouse teeth. idk what happened
Fishy_Fun
07-15-2008, 5:29 AM
that sucks...could you house the eggs in a plastic tote so they can't climb out?i mean you could put some screen on the top so no animals could get in.
cam191919
07-15-2008, 9:57 AM
next time i might just have to dig them up, and put them in a caged area.
TwoHeadedPig
07-15-2008, 11:08 AM
set up a webcam maybe? you can grab some serious cheapies.
Vicious_Fish
07-16-2008, 9:42 AM
Next time when you know where the eggs are laid put a piece of rabbit wire over it. Bend it into a bowl shape and place it over the eggs so the turtles can reach the surface but can't escape. You will have to shove the edges of the wire into the dirt so they can't dig under it. Make a great predator deterrent too.
cam191919
07-16-2008, 11:21 AM
thats how ther cage is set up, wire goes a foot outward. i guess ill just have to wait until she lays more
Darkness9876
08-13-2008, 11:15 AM
I almost hit one of these little fellas the other day. He was about the size of a half dollar on the highway. **** near spun my truck around trying to avoid him. Sorry to hear about the little fella. Its been a while since you posted any luck yet?
cam191919
08-13-2008, 9:29 PM
nope, with all the rains ill doubt ill ever see em again
Guppy Guy
08-14-2008, 9:35 AM
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